(a) To delay in acting, tarry, procrastinate; be slow to do something; of death, old age, the onset of the menses, etc.: be delayed; ~ bihinden, lag behind; also, be behindhand (in doing sth.); ~ to, be slow to respond to (an entreaty, a command); ppl. tariinge, slow to act, lagging, delaying; tariinge of bodi and understondinge, slow of body and wit; tariinge of speche, ?slow to speak, circumspect of speech; ?slow-speaking; (b) with inf.: to delay (doing sth.), be slow (to do sth.); also, with prep. phrases: ~ from (of), hold back from (doing sth.), delay in doing (sth.); ~ in biholding, postpone looking (at one's sins); also, with clause: ~ nought longe that, delay not long before (sth. happened); impers. hit taried not longe but (that, it was not long before (sth. happened); (c) to move slowly; also, ?stop moving [1st quot.]; (d) of a life: to be protracted, be prolonged; (e) to spend time in an action, mental activity, etc.; linger in a narrative, take time; ~ in desir (love), abide in, be occupied with, or spend time on desire (love); ~ in this matere (tale), spend time on this matter (tale); ~ in thought of, dwell upon the thought of (sth.); ~ on, spend time (in battle) on (sb.); ~ upon, spend time on (a hope); (f) in parenthetical inf. phrases: to proceden brefli and not ~, to writen and not ~, to get on with it, to make a long story short; (g) to wait; ~ for (on), wait for (sth.), await; (h) to remain in a place, stay; abide, reside, dwell; also fig.; also, reside temporarily, sojourn; ~ in bath, linger in a bath; (i) ppl. tariinge as adj.: ?gradual; ?slow and steady;—used of a drawing toward God; (j) of a state of affairs: to continue, last; (k) in proverbs.

(a) To delay (sb.), cause (sb.) to be delayed; also, delay (sb., the soul) spiritually; refl. delay; also, wait [quot. a1450 Gener.(1)]; ben taried, be delayed, be detained; (b) to delay (sth. from coming, happening, etc.), postpone (a battle, the onset of old age, etc.), retard (the onset or progress of a physiological process, the development of a morbid condition); put off (confession, marriage); also, detain (a ship) [quot. 1443]; ~ abak; ben taried to ben opened, of a fistula: be slow to perforate; also, in impers. constr.: was no lengere taried that, there was no further delay before (sb. did sth.); (c) to slow (the movement of the earth, the swiftness of the moving firmament); fig. slow (the steeds of death); (d) to prolong (a battle, deliberation, journey, tale, etc.); ben taried in helinge, med. of a wound: take long to heal; (e) to spend (a day, time), use to no good purpose, waste; ~ forth the dai, use up the day, waste the day; ppl. taried as adj., wasted; (f) to await (sb.), wait expectantly for; (g) to linger in (a place).

(a) To be a hindrance, be obstructive; (b) to obstruct (sb., an animal) in an action, hinder (sb.) from achieving something, impede; also, obstruct (sb.) spiritually, hinder from achieving spiritual goals; distract (sb., the soul); ~ from (of), keep (sb.) from (doing or achieving sth.); ~ in, obstruct (sb.) in (his work); ~ with, distract (sb.) with (thoughts, desires, etc.); (c) to impede (sth.), obstruct (a court), hinder (a journey); med. impede or stop (a morbid condition) from developing.

To put (sb.) off, keep (sb.) away, reject.