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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"
2: exhaust or get tired 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, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (outwore; outworn; -wearing) Date: circa 1541 1. wear out, exhaust 2. to last longer than <a fabric that outwears others>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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 out of date, obsolete.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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.