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Webster 1913 Edition
Depopulate
De-pop′u-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Depopulated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Depopulating
.] [L.
depopulatus
, p. p. of depopulari
to ravage; de-
+ populari
to ravage, fr. populus
people: cf. OF. depopuler
, F. dépeupler
. See People
.] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.
Where is this viper,
That would
That would
depopulate
the city? Shakespeare
☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth.
De-pop′u-late
,Verb.
I.
To become dispeopled.
[R.]
Whether the country be
depopulating
or not. Goldsmith.
Webster 1828 Edition
Depopulate
DEPOPULATE
,Verb.
T.
DEPOPULATE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
depopulate
depopulate
English
Verb
depopulate (third-person singular simple present depopulates, present participle depopulating, simple past and past participle depopulated)
- (transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
- Shakespeare
- Where is this viper, / That would depopulate the city?
- Shakespeare
Translations
to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
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