repeople

[ ree-pee-puhl ]

/ riˈpi pəl /

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verb (used with object), re·peo·pled, re·peo·pling.

to furnish again with people.

to restock with animals.

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Origin of repeople

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

Words nearby repeople

repellent, repent, repentance, repentant, Repentigny, repeople, repercussion, repercussive, reperepe, reperforator, reperfusion

How to use repeople in a sentence

The simplest way to repeople the land was to attract colonists from the older colonies.
Amy in Acadia|Helen Leah Reed
Nevertheless, one human pair find refuge in a cave, and repeople the world.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879|Various
But who is to rebuild Babylon and to repeople the land of the Assyrians?
London|Walter Besant
The king endeavoured to repeople the country by his conquests.
The History of Sumatra|William Marsden

What though their children should multiply, and they should again build cities, and repeople its desolate territories?
Bible Emblems|Edward E. Seelye