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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tarry  \Tar"ry\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tarried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tarrying}.]  [OE.  tarien  to  irritate  (see  {Tarre});  but  with 
  a  change  of  sense  probably  due  to  confusion  with  OE  targen 
  to  delay,  OF  targier,  fr  (assumed)  LL  tardicare  fr  L. 
  tardare  to  make  slow,  to  tarry,  fr  tardus  slow.  Cf 
  {Tardy}.] 
  1.  To  stay  or  remain  behind;  to  wait. 
 
  Tarry  ye  for  us  until  we  come  again  --Ex.  xxiv. 
  14. 
 
  2.  To  delay;  to  put  off  going  or  coming;  to  loiter. 
 
  Come  down  unto  me  tarry  not  --Gen.  xic.  9. 
 
  One  tarried  here  there  hurried  one  --Emerson. 
 
  3.  To  stay;  to  abide;  to  continue;  to  lodge. 
 
  Tarry  all  night,  and  wash  your  feet.  --Gen.  xix.  2. 
 
  Syn:  To  abide;  continue;  lodge;  await;  loiter. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tarrying 
  n  :  the  act  of  lingering  [syn:  {tarriance},  {lingering}]




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