Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outwear \Out*wear"\, v. t.
1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. --Milton.
2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will
outwear the other. ``If I the night outwear.'' --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outwear
v 1: last longer than others: "This material outwears all others"
2: exhaust or tire though overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {wear
down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
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