outswarm

verb

outswarm

verb

Etymology From out- + swarm.

1

To 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:

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