Obs. [f. prec. adj.] trans. To make tardy; to delay, retard, keep back.

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1611.  Shaks., Wint. T., III. ii. 163. Which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command.

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1623.  trans. Favine’s Theat. Hon., VI. ix. 153. So much tardied and neglected by the miserable estate and condition of France.

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