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outwore

vb. (en-simple past of: outwear)

WordNet
outwear

  1. v. 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]

  3. [also: outworn, outwore]

outwore

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Usage examples of "outwore".

He also was silent for a long while, so long that at last he outwore my patience, and I inquired sarcastically whether he had heard from his friend Heu-Heu, by bat-post.

I fear my brother and I parted company some time ago now and he outwore my patience before that with his procession of supplicants.