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- verb Simple past of
outwear .
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Examples
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Is she selfe truth and errs? now new, now outwore?
Show me deare Christ, thy spouse, so bright and clear John Donne 1921
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But the luck that outwore us now lies on their guilt;
The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865
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For, we never got over it; the threadbare Orrery outwore our mutual tenderness; the man with the wand was too much for the boy with the bow.
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Gladsome and gay forget thine every grief * Full often grief the wisest hearts outwore:
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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For, we never got over it; the threadbare Orrery outwore our mutual tenderness; the man with the wand was too much for the boy with the bow.
The Uncommercial Traveller Charles Dickens 1841
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These not only outwore the gut strings but also successfully resisted the elements.
Modern Mechanix 2008
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