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tarre

/tɑɹ/

tarre verb: to incite; to provoke; to spur on. Also the obsolete form of tar.

Verb

tarre (third-person singular simple present tarres, present participle tarring, simple past and past participle tarred)

  1. (obsolete) To incite; to provoke; to spur on.
    • Nay, it perchance will sparkle in your eyes, / And like a dog that is compelled to fight, / Snatch at his master that doth tarre him on.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Also used as

tarre is also the obsolete form of tar.

Forms of tarre

third-person singular presenttarres
present participletarring
past participletarred
pasttarred

Origin of tarre

From Middle English tarien, taryen (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirġan, terġan, tirian (“to worry, exasperate”).

Words that rhyme with tarre

Questions about tarre

What does tarre mean?
Tarre means to incite; to provoke; to spur on.
What part of speech is tarre?
Tarre is a verb.
How do you pronounce tarre?
Tarre is pronounced /tɑɹ/.
What is the past tense of tarre?
The past tense of tarre is tarred.

Words near tarre in the dictionary

  1. Tarrawanna
  2. Tarrawarra
  3. Tarrawingee
  4. tarraxinha
  5. Tarrayoukyan
  6. tarre
  7. tarred
  8. tarred and feathered
  9. tarred out
  10. tarred with the same brush
  11. tarred with the same stick

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