Meanings
verbovernumber (third-person singular simple present overnumbers, present participle overnumbering, simple past and past participle overnumbered)
present singular third person overnumbers · participle present overnumbering · participle past overnumbered · past overnumbered
- transitivearchaic or non-native speakers' EnglishTo outnumber.
In the most acute cases they may greatly overnumber the white corpuscles and epithelial cells.
1900, United States, Annual Reports of the War Department, War Department, page 774
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overnumber. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnumber
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“overnumber.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnumber. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overnumber,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overnumber.
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