dispeople

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dispeople

verb dispeoples · dispeopling · dispeopled

  1. transitive 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.

    Similar: depopulate

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@misc{dispeople_2026,
  title = {dispeople},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dispeople},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}