Word Study
outwear
CIDE DICTIONARY
outwear, v. t.
- To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. Pope. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
outwear, v. & n.
--v.tr. (past -wore; past part. -worn)
1 exhaust; wear out; wear away.
2 live or last beyond the duration of.
3 (as outworn adj.) out of date, obsolete.
--n. outer clothing.
--v.tr. (past -wore; past part. -worn)
1 exhaust; wear out; wear away.
2 live or last beyond the duration of.
3 (as outworn adj.) out of date, obsolete.
--n. outer clothing.
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