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outwear

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

outwear
     v 1: last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"
     2: exhaust or tire through 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}]
     [also: {outworn}, {outwore}]
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