Obs. [f. prec. adj.] trans. To make tardy; to delay, retard, keep back.
1611. Shaks., Wint. T., III. ii. 163. Which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command.
1623. trans. Favines Theat. Hon., VI. ix. 153. So much tardied and neglected by the miserable estate and condition of France.