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tarir

/ta.ʁiʁ/ verb C1
  1. to dry up (transitive)
  2. to exhaust, use up (transitive)
  3. to talk non-stop (about something) (intransitive)
  4. to dwindle, to dry up, to peter out (reflexive)
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Verb forms

Infinitive
tarir
Present participle
tarissant
Past participle
tari
Present (je)
taris
Future (je)
tarirai
Passé composé (je)
ai tari

From the library

De là cette fortune immense qui pouvait, selon Lord Wilmore monter à un ou deux millions de revenu, fortune qui néanmoins, pouvait tarir tout à coup, si la mine elle-même tarissait.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 704 · C1
Valentine vint embrasser le vieillard, qui la regarda si tendrement que la jeune fille sentit de nouveau jaillir de ses yeux des larmes dont elle croyait la source tarie.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 731 · C1

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