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tarres

tarres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tarre.

Meaning of tarre

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]...

Questions about tarres

What is tarres the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Tarres is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tarre.

Words near tarres in the dictionary

  1. Tarren
  2. Tarrengower
  3. Tarrenlea
  4. tarrer
  5. tarrers
  6. tarres
  7. tarriance
  8. tarriances
  9. Tarriaro
  10. tarried
  11. tarrier

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