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Wear, v. t. [imp. Wore (wōr); p. p. Worn (wōrn); p. pr. & vb. n. Wearing. Before the 15th century wear was a weak verb, the imp. & p. p. being Weared.] [OE. weren, werien, AS. werian to carry, to wear, as arms or clothes; akin to OHG. werien, weren, to clothe, Goth. wasjan, L. vestis clothing, vestire to clothe, Gr. ἑννύναι, Skr. vas. Cf. Vest.]
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1. To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, “to wear a coat; to wear a shackle.”
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What compass will you wear your farthingale? Shak.
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On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore,
Which Jews might kiss, and infidels adore. Pope.
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2. To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, “she wears a smile on her countenance”. “He wears the rose of youth upon him.” Shak.
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His innocent gestures wear
A meaning half divine. Keble.
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3. To use up by carrying or having upon one's self; hence, to consume by use; to waste; to use up; as, “to wear clothes rapidly”.
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4. To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend.
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That wicked wight his days doth wear. Spenser.
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The waters wear the stones. Job xiv. 19.
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5. To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, “to wear a channel; to wear a hole”.
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6. To form or shape by, or as by, attrition.
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Trials wear us into a liking of what, possibly, in the first essay, displeased us. Locke.
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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 To wear 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.]
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Wore (?), imp. of Wear.
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Wore, imp. of Ware.
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