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Webster 1913 Edition


Outwear

Out-wear′

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Outwear

OUTWEAR

, v.t.
1.
To wear out. [Not used.]
2.
To pass tediously to the end.
By the stream, if I the night outwear -
3.
To last longer than something else. [This is the common signification.]