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dispeople

verb

Etymology

From dis- + people.

  1. derived from *poplos✻ — “army”
  2. derived from populus
  3. inherited from puple
  4. prefixed as dispeople — “dis + people”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA