tarry (TAR-ee) verb intr.

   1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing.

   2. To wait.

   3. To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn.

verb tr.

   To wait for; await.

noun

   A temporary stay; a sojourn.

[Middle English tarien.]

tarry (TAR-ee) adjective

   Of, resembling, or covered with tar.

"You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For Life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children,
as living arrows, are sent forth."
Kahlil Gibran, Prophet.

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