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overcrowed

overcrowed is the simple past and past participle of overcrow.

Meaning of overcrow

Verb

overcrow (third-person singular simple present overcrows, present participle overcrowing, simple past and past participle overcrowed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take over.
    • The potent poison quite overcrows my spiritc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To crow over, as in triumph.

Questions about overcrowed

What is overcrowed the simple past and past participle of?
Overcrowed is the simple past and past participle of overcrow.

Words near overcrowed in the dictionary

  1. overcrowder
  2. overcrowders
  3. overcrowding
  4. overcrowdings
  5. overcrowds
  6. overcrowed
  7. overcrowing
  8. overcrows
  9. overcruel
  10. overcrust
  11. overcrusted

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