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depopulate (v.)
1540s; see
de-
+
populate
. Perhaps from Latin
depopulatus
, past participle of
depopulari
"to lay waste, ravage." Related:
Depopulated
;
depopulating
. Earlier in same sense was
dispeplen
(early 15c.).
