unpeople

American  

[uhn-pee-puhl] / ʌnˈpi pəl /

verb (used with object)

unpeopled, unpeopling

1. to deprive of people; depopulate.

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unpeople British  

/ ʌnˈpiːpəl /

verb

1. (tr) to empty of people

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Etymology

Origin of unpeople

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ² + people

Example Sentences

The good that I have doone, Sir, is without me And I partake not of it, but within me I bringe and beare more mysseryes then would Unpeople your whole kyngdome.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)

“Wilt thou dare,” she said, “Put by our sacred books, dethrone our gods, Unpeople all the temples, shaking down That law which feeds the priests and props the realm?”

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.

Sick with the love of fame, what throngs pour in, Unpeople court, and leave the senate thin!

From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward

Unpeople, un-pē′pl, v. t. to deprive of people.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various