repeople

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ people.

Verb

repeople (third-person singular simple present repeoples, present participle repeopling, simple past and past participle repeopled)

1. To repopulate.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 333:

     they issued forth of the mountaines, to repeople the world againe, which they found replenished onely with Serpents.