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overnumbers

overnumbers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overnumber.

Meaning of overnumber

Verb

overnumber (third-person singular simple present overnumbers, present participle overnumbering, simple past and past participle overnumbered)

  1. (transitive, archaic or non-native speakers' English) To outnumber.
    • In the most acute cases they may greatly overnumber the white corpuscles and epithelial cells.1900, United States, Annual Reports of the War Department, War Department, page 774

Questions about overnumbers

What is overnumbers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overnumbers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overnumber.

Words near overnumbers in the dictionary

  1. overnourishing
  2. overnourishment
  3. overnumber
  4. overnumbered
  5. overnumbering
  6. overnumbers
  7. overnumerous
  8. overnumerousness
  9. overnurse
  10. overnursed
  11. overnurses

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