hive

Definitions

1. 1.The bees of one hive; a swarm of bees. Shak.
2. 2.A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
3. 3.To collect into a hive; to place in, or cause to enter, a hive; as, to hive a swarm of bees.
4. 4.To store up in a hive, as honey; hence, to gather and accumulate for future need; to lay up in store. Hiving wisdom with each studious year. Byron.
5. 5.To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body. Pope called?