Outpopulate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To surpass in population; to outnumber. transitive

    "Antiabortion activists pointed out that immigrant families, many of them Catholic, were larger and would soon outpopulate native-born white Yankees and threaten their political power."

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"Antiabortion activists pointed out that immigrant families, many of them Catholic, were larger and would soon outpopulate native-born white Yankees and threaten their political power."

Etymology

From out- + populate.

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