| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb depopulate.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (depopulate) | 1. Reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside".[Wordnet]. 2. To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople.[Websters]. 3. To become dispeopled.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: depopulating, depopulated, depopulates, depopulator, depopulators, depopulatingly and depopulatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "DEPOPULATING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1755. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DEPOPULATING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Dispeopling; depriving of inhabitants.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of depopulate. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
