Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To exceed in number; outnumber.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To outnumber.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, nonce word, transitive To
outnumber .
Etymologies
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over- + multitude
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Examples
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The soil would be oppressed with her own fertility; the herds would overmultitude their lords; and the crouded air would be darkened with the plumes of its numerous inhabitants.
Imogen A Pastoral Romance William Godwin 1796
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