tārure
1. (verb) to become listless, sluggish, lethargic, pursued with less vigour, lose heart.
I te mea kua tārure te kaupapa Kotahitanga o te tekau atu i 1890, i tahuri ai ōna whakaaro i taua wā ki te whakaara mai anō i tētahi pāremata Māori (TTR 1994:36). / Because the Kotahitanga movement of the 1890s had weakened at that time, his attention turned to re-establishing a Māori parliament.
Synonyms: turikore, takurutu, ruhi, kiriahi, momoe, pāroherohe, hinamoe, pōuruuru, whakaroau, ngehe, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, maero, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tūpaku, iwingohe, kahakore, tūrūruhi, toupiore, wairuhi, maninohea, ngoringori, korou kore, ngoikore
