Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To store to excess; supply in superabundance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To overstock.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
overstock .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + store
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Examples
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This fish is long in growing; but breeds exceedingly in a water that pleases him; yea, in many ponds so fast, as to overstore them, and starve the other fish.
The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653
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unknown title 2009
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