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outpopulate

outpopulate verb: to surpass in population; to outnumber.

Verb

outpopulate (third-person singular simple present outpopulates, present participle outpopulating, simple past and past participle outpopulated)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in population; to outnumber.
    • Antiabortion activists pointed out that immigrant families, many of them Catholic, were larger and would soon outpopulate native-born white Yankees and threaten their political power.1996, Leslie J. Reagan, When Abortion Was a Crime

Forms of outpopulate

third-person singular presentoutpopulates
present participleoutpopulating
past participleoutpopulated
pastoutpopulated

Origin of outpopulate

From out- + populate.

Questions about outpopulate

What does outpopulate mean?
Outpopulate means to surpass in population; to outnumber.
What part of speech is outpopulate?
Outpopulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpopulate?
The past tense of outpopulate is outpopulated.

Words near outpopulate in the dictionary

  1. outpope
  2. outpope the Pope
  3. outpoped the Pope
  4. outpopes the Pope
  5. outpoping the Pope
  6. outpopulate
  7. outpopulated
  8. outpopulates
  9. outpopulating
  10. outporch
  11. outporches

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