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out⋅num⋅ber

[out-nuhm-ber]
–verb (used with object)
to exceed in number.

Origin:
1660–70; out- + number
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out·num·ber   (out-nŭm'bər)   
tr.v.   out·num·bered, out·num·ber·ing, out·num·bers
To exceed the number of; be more numerous than.
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outnumber 
"to number more than," 1670, from out + number (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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