repeople

American  

[ree-pee-puhl] / riˈpi pəl /

verb (used with object)

repeopled, repeopling

1. to furnish again with people.

2. to restock with animals.

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Etymology

Origin of repeople

First recorded in 1475–85, repeople is from the Middle French word repeupler, Old French. See re-, people

Example Sentences

Now the men of Leon besought the King that he should repeople Zamora, which had lain desolate since it was destroyed by Almanzor.

From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various

The fact that the term of service was in most cases comparatively short made it necessary for the planter to repeople his estate at frequent intervals.

From Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

An emigration from Limousin and the Rouergue was called for to repeople the waste places.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

Stoaes taken from it, as Themis had enjoined, were used by Deucalion and Pyrrha to repeople the world which had been destroyed by a flood.

From Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities by Inman, Thomas

I eat them up with my eyes and repeople the heath with those who raised them.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden