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overpeoples

overpeoples is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overpeoples

What is overpeoples the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overpeoples is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overpeople.

Words near overpeoples in the dictionary

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

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