(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
Etymology: out (I) + wear
1. : to wear out or use up : consume or destroy by attrition or use : exhaust
drops of water outwear stone
the machinery has been outworn
the rowers were outworn
2.
a.
[ out- + wear ]
: to last longer in use than
a fiber that outwears others
b. : to grow or develop beyond in course of time : outgrow , outlive
in cases where tradition is notoriously outworn — W.C.Brownell
3. archaic : to take up the time of
with sick longing all the night outwear — John Keats