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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 out·wear /ˌaʊtˈwær, ˈwɛr/
 (v.)比..經久;用舊;穿破;衰微

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Out·wear v. t.
 1. To wear out; to consume or destroy by wearing.
 2. To last longer than; to outlast; as, this cloth will outwear the other. “If I the night outwear.”
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 outwear
      v 1: last longer than others; "This material outwears all others"
      2: exhaust or tire 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, wear
          down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: refresh]
      [also: outworn, outwore]