/owt'wair"/ , v.t., outwore, outworn, outwearing .
1. to wear or last longer than; outlast: a well-made product that outwears its competition.
2. to exhaust in strength or endurance: The daily toil had soon outworn him.
3. to outlive or outgrow: Perhaps he will outwear those eccentricities.
4. to wear out; destroy by wearing: A child outwears clothes quickly.
5. to pass (time): trying to outwear the hours by reading.
[ 1535-45; OUT- + WEAR ]