"overpeople" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: over- + people Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|people}} over- + people Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} overpeople
  1. plural of overperson Tags: form-of, plural Form of: overperson
    Sense id: en-overpeople-en-noun-uTl~~Mha Categories (other): English plurals in -people with singular in -person

Verb

Forms: overpeoples [present, singular, third-person], overpeopling [participle, present], overpeopled [participle, past], overpeopled [past]
Etymology: over- + people Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|people}} over- + people Head templates: {{en-verb}} overpeople (third-person singular simple present overpeoples, present participle overpeopling, simple past and past participle overpeopled)
  1. (transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overpeople-en-verb-zh3QGLKX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 42 58

Inflected forms

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