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

There is no plausible correspondence between these cases and the sending out from the ark of the patriarchal family to repeople the world.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville

Through the Dark Age the Greek cities had maintained a continuous life, but Mohammed II depopulated Constantinople to repeople it with a Turkish majority from Anatolia.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill

The king endeavoured to repeople the country by his conquests.

From The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants by Marsden, William

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

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

He gave his son-in-law, the Count Don Raymond of the house of Burgundy, married to the Princess Do�a Urraca, the charge to repeople them.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.