outwear

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verb

To outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive.

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

verboutwear (third-person singular simple present outwears, present participle outwearing, simple past outwore, past participle outworn)

present singular third person outwears · participle present outwearing · past outwore · participle past outworn

  1. transitiveTo outlast; to survive longer than: to outlive.
  2. nonstandardtransitiveuncommonTo wear out.

    Crushed impotent beneath this reign of terror, Dazed with mysteries of woe and error, The soul is too outworn for wondering.

    1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
    1 more example

    According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse Of Horror III,” some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse Of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.

    2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012

Synonyms & antonyms

verbexhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  11. Old Englishwerian
  12. Middle Englishweren
  13. Englishwear
  14. Englishoutwear

From out- + wear.

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Chicago

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