Dictionary entry

Tire (6)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Tire, v. t. To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. Shak.

Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. Dryden.

To tire out, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

Syn. — To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See Jade.