unpopulatev.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɒpjᵿleɪt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpɑpjəˌleɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², populate v.²

Etymology: < un- prefix² + populate v.² Compare earlier depopulate v., unpeople v.

Now somewhat rare.

transitive. To reduce or destroy the population of (a country or other area); to depopulate.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)]

desolate1382

dispeople1490

disinhabit1530

unpeoplea1533

depopulate1595

unfurnish1603

unpopulate1658

unstock1865

1658 A. Cokayne Trappolin iv. ii, in Small Poems 496 The Plague, or fierce diseases full Of danger, rage and even unpopulate places.

1841 S. Gower Monopolygraph 55 Leave Malthus to unpopulate the globe.

1880 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 673 The growth of manufactures..had been unpopulating the country to swell the towns.

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid xi. 246 We have seen enough deaths.., and we have unpopulated our countryside.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpopulate
释义	unpopulatev. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɒpjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑpjəˌleɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², populate v.² Etymology: < un- prefix² + populate v.² Compare earlier depopulate v., unpeople v. Now somewhat rare. transitive. To reduce or destroy the population of (a country or other area); to depopulate. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)] desolate1382 dispeople1490 disinhabit1530 unpeoplea1533 unpeoplea1533 depopulate1595 unfurnish1603 unpopulate1658 unstock1865 1658 A. Cokayne Trappolin iv. ii, in Small Poems 496 The Plague, or fierce diseases full Of danger, rage and even unpopulate places. 1841 S. Gower Monopolygraph 55 Leave Malthus to unpopulate the globe. 1880 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 673 The growth of manufactures..had been unpopulating the country to swell the towns. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid xi. 246 We have seen enough deaths.., and we have unpopulated our countryside. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1658
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