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   Tare (?), obs. imp. of Tear. Tore.
   
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   Tare, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.]
   1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
   
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   Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? Matt. xiii. 27.
   
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   The “darnel” is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.
   
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   2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
   
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   Tare, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.] (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
   
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   Tare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Taring.] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
   
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   Tear (târ), v. t. [imp. Tore (tōr), ((Obs. Tare) (târ); p. p. Torn (tōrn); p. pr. & vb. n. Tearing.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t>ae/ra, Goth. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. δέρειν to flay, Skr. dar to burst. √63.  Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade.]
   1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, “to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.”
   
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   Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. Shak.
   
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   2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, “a party or government torn by factions”.
   
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   3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, “a child torn from its home”.
   
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   The hand of fate
   
   Hath torn thee from me. Addison.
   
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   4. To pull with violence; as, “to tear the hair”.
   
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   5. To move violently; to agitate. “Once I loved torn ocean's roar.”  Byron.
   
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   To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] Shak. -- To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. -- To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. -- To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, “to tear out the eyes”. -- To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, “to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order”.
   
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