What does overpeople mean?
Overpeople means (transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate..
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.
At breakfast James made request to his father that he might be allowed to make of a certain little-used loft a room for Isy and himself, so as not to overpeople the house.
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Overpeople means (transitive) To people too densely; overpopulate..
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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.
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