repeople

[ ree-pee-puhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, re·peo·pled, re·peo·pling.

First recorded in 1475–85, repeople is from the Middle French word repeupler, Old French. See re-, people

The simplest way to repeople the land was to attract colonists from the older colonies.

Nevertheless, one human pair find refuge in a cave, and repeople the world.

But who is to rebuild Babylon and to repeople the land of the Assyrians?

The king endeavoured to repeople the country by his conquests.

What though their children should multiply, and they should again build cities, and repeople its desolate territories?

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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