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outpopulating

outpopulating is the present participle and gerund of outpopulate.

Meaning of outpopulate

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

Questions about outpopulating

What is outpopulating the present participle and gerund of?
Outpopulating is the present participle and gerund of outpopulate.

Words near outpopulating in the dictionary

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

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