DISPEOPLED

Verb

dispeopled

simple past tense and past participle of dispeople

Source: Wiktionary


DISPEOPLE

Dis*peo"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + people: cf. F. dépeupler.]

Definition: To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. Leave the land dispeopled and desolate. Sir T. More. A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ERASE

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