reswarmv.
/ˌriːˈswɔːm/, U.S. /riˈswɔrm/ intransitive. To swarm again.rare before late 19th cent.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals > in large numbers > again
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1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale vii. 86 Soddainlie the Fregiliens rann to armes, and vp and down the streetes in heaps reswarms.
1870 Riverside Mag. Oct. 460/2 The first of Mr. Urie's swarms re-swarmed twice.
1945 F. S. Stuart Bee-keeping Pract. viii. 98 Swarms, of course, need supering as soon as they are covering ten frames. They seldom reswarm in the same season.
1972 J. Barth Chimera 192 Heart near bursting, I lightly slipped the bridle over Brother..swung astride, was off before the guards reswarmed.
2007 C. D'Addario Exile & Journey 37 Some New England colonists reswarmed and moved again after a few years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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