depeople
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of depeople
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"We cannot depeople France to people Canada," wrote the King; but from his royal revenue he set aside money yearly to send men to Canada as soldiers, women as wives.
From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
Nay, it needs no such stupendous cataclysm to depeople this uneasy orb.
From A Cynic Looks at Life by E. (Emanuel) Haldeman-Julius
Father, mother, and all his brethren, except little Katty, were vanished out of it, and as it came looming back to him thus depeopled, its aspect was immeasurably desolate.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
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