trine /tɹaɪn/adjective 2noun 2verb 3forms 3 adjective2 •Triple; threefold. •Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […] — 1624 noun2 •A group of three things. •An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. verb3 •To put in the aspect of a trine.By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. — 1697 •(UK, no longer used) To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last. — 1612 •(UK, no longer used) To go.Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin. — 1647 formstrined · trining · trines