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overpeopled

overpeopled is the simple past and past participle of overpeople.

Meaning of overpeople

Verb

overpeople (third-person singular simple present overpeoples, present participle overpeopling, simple past and past participle overpeopled)

  1. (transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate.
    • The drones are killed at the end of summer, but the queen and great part of the workers remain ; and when, in the summer, they increase so much as to overpeople the hive, colonies are sent forth with young queens, in search of another habitation.1868, David Meredith Reese, Fundamentals of Zoology, page 349

Questions about overpeopled

What is overpeopled the simple past and past participle of?
Overpeopled is the simple past and past participle of overpeople.

Words near overpeopled in the dictionary

  1. overpenetrates
  2. overpenetrating
  3. overpenetration
  4. overpensive
  5. overpeople
  6. overpeopled
  7. overpeoples
  8. overpeopling
  9. overpepper
  10. overpeppered
  11. overpeppering

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