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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depopulate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. i. To become dispeopled. [R.] Whether the country be depopulating or not --Goldsmith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depopulate v : reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" [syn: {desolate}]
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