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5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.
6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. Locke. To wear away, to consume; to impair, diminish, or destroy, by gradual attrition or decay. — To wear
off, to diminish or remove by attrition or slow decay; as, to wear off the nap of cloth. — To wear on
or upon, to wear. [Obs.] "[I] weared upon my gay scarlet gites [gowns.]" Chaucer. — To wear out.
(a) To consume, or render useless, by attrition or decay; as, to wear out a coat or a book. (b) To consume
tediously. "To wear out miserable days." Milton. (c) To harass; to tire. "[He] shall wear out the saints of
the Most High." Dan vii. 25. (d) To waste the strength of; as, an old man worn out in military service.
— To wear the breeches. See under Breeches. [Colloq.]
Wear
(Wear), v. i.
1. To endure or suffer use; to last under employment; to bear the consequences of use, as waste, consumption,
or attrition; as, a coat wears well or ill; - - hence, sometimes applied to character, qualifications, etc.; as, a
man wears well as an acquaintance.
2. To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used; to suffer injury, loss, or extinction by use or
time; to decay, or be spent, gradually. "Thus wore out night." Milton.
Away, I say; time wears. Shak.
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou and this people that is with thee. Ex. xviii. 18.
His stock of money began to wear very low. Sir W. Scott.
The family . . . wore out in the earlier part of the century. Beaconsfield. To wear off, to pass away by degrees; as, the follies of youth wear off with age. — To wear on, to
pass on; as, time wears on. G. Eliot. — To wear weary, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation,
tedious employment, etc.
Wear
(Wear), n.
1. The act of wearing, or the state of being worn; consumption by use; diminution by friction; as, the wear
of a garment.
2. The thing worn; style of dress; the fashion.
Motley 's the only wear. Shak. Wear and tear, the loss by wearing, as of machinery in use; the loss or injury to which anything is subjected
by use, accident, etc.
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