About The Word Depopulate
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Depopulate
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What's The Definition Of Depopulate?
[v] reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Depopulate: desolate Related Terms | Find terms related to Depopulate: Depopulate In Webster's Dictionary \De*pop"u*late\, v. 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. d['e]peupler. 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 depopulate the city?
--Shak.
Note: 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\, v. i. To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not. --Goldsmith. |
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