2. Noun. (archaic) (plural of tare) ¹
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Definition of Tares
1. tare [v] - See also: tare
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tares
Literary usage of Tares
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications (1848)
"First, then, these tares are such sinners as are opposite and contrary to the
children of the kingdom, visibly so declared and manifest, ver. 38. ..."
2. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by American Bible Society (1858)
"26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the
tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, ..."
3. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1886)
"His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. Our Lord did not here invent a
form of malice without example, hut alluded to one which, though elsewhere ..."
4. ... Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons by Adolphus Frederick Schauffler (1899)
"Sowed tares among the wheat. tares " are not a degenerate kind of wheat, as both
the natives and many commentators have imagined, but a distinct species, ..."
5. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"unexpectedly found tares among the wheat, they said to their master," Wilt thou
... But he said, Nay, lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the ..."
6. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"30, 38. because Christ commandeth to let alone the tares to grow up together with
the ... Unto which he2 answereth: That tares are not Bryars and Thornes, ..."
7. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"30, 38. because Christ commandeth to let alone the tares to grow up together with
the ... Unto which he2 answereth: That tares are not Bryars and Thornes, ..."
8. Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800 by William B. Cairns (1909)
"Ill, IV, and V.] THE MEANING OF THE PARABLE OF THE tares [From "The Bloudy Tenent
of Persecution" '] Peace. We are now come to the second part of the Answer ..."