repeople
[ ree-pee-puhl ]
verb (used with object),re·peo·pled, re·peo·pling.
to furnish again with people.
to restock with animals.
Origin of repeople
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How to use repeople in a sentence
Now which of these systems has ever consoled an afflicted heart, or repeopled a lonely one?
Catholic Churchmen in Science | James J. WalshHe divided their lands amongst the Jews, and repeopled their city with a colony of Macedonians.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) | Charles BuckeIn imagination Gustave repeopled the ruins and filled the weird forests with curious, haunting shapes.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) | Elbert HubbardThe probability is that after their decline Europe was repeopled by immigrants from Asia.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) | J. Arthur ThomsonSometimes a whole city which stood in need of being repeopled was temporarily created a place of refuge.
Notre-Dame de Paris | Victor Hugo
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