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depopulated
(encz) | depopulated,vylidněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
depopulated
(encz) | depopulated,vylidnil v: Zdeněk Brož |
Depopulated
(gcide) | 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.
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Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? --Shak.
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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.
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depopulated
(wn) | depopulated
adj 1: having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th
century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated" |
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Depopulated
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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