overswarm en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + swarm.
Meanings
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(transitive) To swarm over; to overrun.
Let America add Mexico to Texas, and pile Cuba upon Canada; let the English overswarm all India, and hang out their blazing banner from the sun[…]
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overswarming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overswarmed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overswarmed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| overswarms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |