repeople

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌriːˈpiːpəl/ UK /ˌriːˈpiːpəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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verb
to populate a place again after its inhabitants have left, disappeared, or been imagined away

With memories of former residents, Thoreau repeopled the silent woods in his mind.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to populate a place again... repopulateresettle

Opposites

depopulate empty desert

Word family

Forms repeopled

Derived forms repeopling

Related forms people populate inhabit

Etymology

Formed from re-, 'again,' + the verb people, 'fill with inhabitants.' Repeople has been recorded since the fifteenth century and may describe literal resettlement or the imaginative restoration of former inhabitants to a place.

Topics

Actions & Processes

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