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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Dispeople

· Dis·peo·ple · IPA
01 v. t. To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
imp. & p. p. Dispeopled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispeopling
  1. 1.
    To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
    “Leave the land dispeopled and desolate.” — Sir T. More.
    “A certain island long before dispeopled . . . by sea rivers.” Milton.