tarre

verb /tɑɹ/

1. To incite; to provoke; to spur on.

   obsolete

   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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tarre (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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