Dis-pēo'ple, v. t.

verbtransitive

(dis-pē'pl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. DISPEOPLED; p. pr. & vb. n. DISPEOPLING.] [Prefix dis and people; Fr. dépeupler.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. A certain island long before dispeopled ... by sea-rivers. Milton.