Overpeople
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of overperson form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 To people too densely; overpopulate. transitive
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From over- + people.
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