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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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