outswarm

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verb

To swarm in greater numbers than.

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Meanings

verboutswarm (third-person singular simple present outswarms, present participle outswarming, simple past and past participle outswarmed)

present singular third person outswarms · participle present outswarming · participle past outswarmed · past outswarmed

  1. transitiveTo swarm in greater numbers than.

    No longer I regard ye as my countrymen; / But, tho' your numbers did outswarm the locusts, / As bandits, I would hurl destruction on you.

    1815, George Percival Bromley, The Rebellion, Or Norwich in 1549, page 38

Origin

From out- + swarm.

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outswarm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outswarm

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outswarm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outswarm.

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