Meanings
verboutpopulate (third-person singular simple present outpopulates, present participle outpopulating, simple past and past participle outpopulated)
present singular third person outpopulates · participle present outpopulating · participle past outpopulated · past outpopulated
- transitiveTo surpass in population; to outnumber.
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.
1996, Leslie J. Reagan, When Abortion Was a Crime
Origin
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APA
outpopulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpopulate
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“outpopulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpopulate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpopulate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpopulate.
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