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dispeople

dispeople verb: to empty of people or inhabitants.

Verb

dispeople (third-person singular simple present dispeoples, present participle dispeopling, simple past and past participle dispeopled)

  1. (transitive) To empty of people or inhabitants.
    • [...] the poſſeſſion of all thoſe Townes and Countries within thir now Quarters, being little leſs than the Iland, beſides what thir Cruelty hath diſpeopl'd and lay'd waſt.a. 1675, John Milton, Observations on the Articles of Peace; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume II, Amsterdam...
    Synonyms:
    depopulate

Synonyms of dispeople

Forms of dispeople

third-person singular presentdispeoples
present participledispeopling
past participledispeopled
pastdispeopled

Origin of dispeople

From dis- + people.

Words formed from dispeople

Questions about dispeople

What does dispeople mean?
Dispeople means to empty of people or inhabitants.
What part of speech is dispeople?
Dispeople is a verb.
What is the past tense of dispeople?
The past tense of dispeople is dispeopled.

Words near dispeople in the dictionary

  1. dispensomes
  2. dispenst
  3. dispent
  4. Dispenza
  5. Dispenzas
  6. dispeople
  7. dispeopled
  8. dispeoplement
  9. dispeopler
  10. dispeoplers
  11. dispeoples

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