repeople
Americanverb (used with object)
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to furnish again with people.
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to restock with animals.
Etymology
Origin of repeople
First recorded in 1475–85, repeople is from the Middle French word repeupler, Old French. See re-, people
Example Sentences
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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
We women have now decided to repeople the earth scientifically with a race as wholesome in body as our instruction shall render it in mind.
From The Gay Rebellion by Frederick, Edmund
It is no easy task for the imagination to repeople such grand old residences with the stately Hidalgoes and Se�oras, who once occupied and maintained them with scrupulous care and princely dignity.
From An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, Matthew Digby
Nevertheless, one human pair find refuge in a cave, and repeople the world.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various
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)
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