noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of unperson form-of, plural

Verb

1. 1
   To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate. transitive

   "Let him bring millions infinite of men, Unpeopling weſterne Affrica and Greece: Yet we aſſure vs of the victorie."

Synonyms

All synonyms

depopulatedesolatedesolatedevastate

Example

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"Let him bring millions infinite of men, Unpeopling weſterne Affrica and Greece: Yet we aſſure vs of the victorie."

Etymology

From un- + people.

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