Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo incite; to provoke; to spur on.
From Middle English tarien, taryen (“to vex, harass, cause to hesitate, delay”), from Old English tirġan, terġan, tirian (“to worry, exasperate”).
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