empeoplev.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpiːpl/,

/ɛmˈpiːpl/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpip(ə)l/,

/ɛmˈpip(ə)l/

Forms:

α. 1500s enpeople, 1500s– empeople.

β. 1500s–1600s 1800s impeople.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: en- prefix¹, people n.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + people n. Compare Middle French empeupler (1554; rare).On the variation between initial em- and en- in the α. forms see discussion at em- prefix. With the β. forms compare im- prefix¹.

Now chiefly archaic and literary.

1. transitive. To fill with people; to populate. Frequently in extended use: to fill, occupy.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > [verb (transitive)]

set971

publish?a1400

inhabitc1400

seedc1400

man?a1425

peoplea1475

peoplish1530

repletec1540

empeople1582

popule1588

world1589

appopulate1625

populate1885

1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxviii. f. 140^v He was desirous to encrease and enpeople his Citie [Port. como por em nobrecer sua cidade & acrecentar sua honrra].

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E6 Before the world was impeopled.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 181 What does impeople Church-yards but it?

1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. xix. 299 Thou hast helped to impeople Hell.

1737 A. Hill Tears of Muses 21 There, Pow'r inverts Destruction, into Birth; And the prolific Sword empeoples Earth!

1773 J. Dalton Serm. Death Rev. P. Simson 23 How should we rejoice to think that our dear departed christian friends, enjoy full communion with all the saints who empeople heaven!

1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 173 With starry globes unnumberable..Did He the void impeople.

1911 W. H. Woods Anteroom 66 What God's will did, Poets essay; with song empeople space.

1995 Backpacker May 120/3 Even when dammed, spanned, empeopled, and near domesticated, the stone [of the canyon] still perseveres.

†2. transitive. To establish (a group of people) as the population. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K5 And gan enquere..What vnknowen nation there empeopled were.

Derivatives

emˈpeopled adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective]

inhabitate?a1475

peopleda1475

occupied1483

biggitc1485

denizened1557

inhabited1576

dwelt1610

populated1662

unabandoned1745

undeserted1792

empeopled1801

habited1866

lived-in1873

tenanted1886

1801 T. R. Smart in Ladies' Diary 20/2 O'er our well empeopl'd plains, In Silence dwell innum'rous swains.

1879 A. Smith in Amer. Educ. Readers 5 213 The silence of the empeopled Syrian plains..I find within the boards of my old Testament.

1920 F. P. B. Osmaston tr. G. W. F. Hegel Philos. Fine Art II. ii. i. 39 The seven principal lights of heaven..are the essential particular existences of Light, and for this reason constitute as a pure and spacious empeopled heaven.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empeople
释义	empeoplev. Brit. /ɪmˈpiːpl/, /ɛmˈpiːpl/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpip(ə)l/, /ɛmˈpip(ə)l/ Forms: α. 1500s enpeople, 1500s– empeople. β. 1500s–1600s 1800s impeople. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: en- prefix¹, people n. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + people n. Compare Middle French empeupler (1554; rare).On the variation between initial em- and en- in the α. forms see discussion at em- prefix. With the β. forms compare im- prefix¹. Now chiefly archaic and literary. 1. transitive. To fill with people; to populate. Frequently in extended use: to fill, occupy. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > furnishing with inhabitants > [verb (transitive)] set971 publish?a1400 inhabitc1400 seedc1400 man?a1425 peoplea1475 peoplish1530 repletec1540 empeople1582 popule1588 world1589 appopulate1625 populate1885 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxviii. f. 140^v He was desirous to encrease and enpeople his Citie [Port. como por em nobrecer sua cidade & acrecentar sua honrra]. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E6 Before the world was impeopled. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 181 What does impeople Church-yards but it? 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xvi. xix. 299 Thou hast helped to impeople Hell. 1737 A. Hill Tears of Muses 21 There, Pow'r inverts Destruction, into Birth; And the prolific Sword empeoples Earth! 1773 J. Dalton Serm. Death Rev. P. Simson 23 How should we rejoice to think that our dear departed christian friends, enjoy full communion with all the saints who empeople heaven! 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 173 With starry globes unnumberable..Did He the void impeople. 1911 W. H. Woods Anteroom 66 What God's will did, Poets essay; with song empeople space. 1995 Backpacker May 120/3 Even when dammed, spanned, empeopled, and near domesticated, the stone [of the canyon] still perseveres. †2. transitive. To establish (a group of people) as the population. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K5 And gan enquere..What vnknowen nation there empeopled were. Derivatives emˈpeopled adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] inhabitate?a1475 peopleda1475 occupied1483 biggitc1485 denizened1557 inhabited1576 dwelt1610 populated1662 unabandoned1745 undeserted1792 empeopled1801 habited1866 lived-in1873 tenanted1886 1801 T. R. Smart in Ladies' Diary 20/2 O'er our well empeopl'd plains, In Silence dwell innum'rous swains. 1879 A. Smith in Amer. Educ. Readers 5 213 The silence of the empeopled Syrian plains..I find within the boards of my old Testament. 1920 F. P. B. Osmaston tr. G. W. F. Hegel Philos. Fine Art II. ii. i. 39 The seven principal lights of heaven..are the essential particular existences of Light, and for this reason constitute as a pure and spacious empeopled heaven. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1582
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