单词 | depopulate |
释义 | depopulateadj. Laid waste; deprived (wholly or partly) of inhabitants. Used ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > not unbiggedc1175 desert1297 void1338 desolatec1374 unhabited1490 inhabitable?1529 disinhabit1530 depopulate1531 uninhabita1540 unpeopled1547 undwelta1557 uninhabited1571 dishabited1577 dispeopled1577 unhabit1580 disinhabited1600 desertful1601 unmanned1609 inhabited1614 peopleless1621 deserted1629 depopulated1632 unhabitated1648 unseated1662 desolated1693 unpopulous1715 unsettled1724 unpopulated1776 bandless1862 populationless1885 unlived-in1927 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Bi The kynge of Mede had depopulate the countrey. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 489 By spoyle of warres depopulate, destroyed, and disgrust. b. as adj. now archaic or poetic. ΚΠ 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iii. iv. 94 [A] Country that is poore and wasted or barren or depopulate. 1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible I. ii. 127 Locusts, which left the Earth as naked and depopulate. 1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 75 When the sea-mew Flies, as once before it flew, O'er thine isles depopulate. 1855 F. Chamier My Trav. III. ii. 51 The people..are half starved, badly clothed, and depopulate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021). depopulatev.ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > devastate or lay waste (a place, etc.) harryc893 fordoc900 awesteeOE westeeOE losec950 harrowc1000 destroyc1230 wastec1275 ravishc1325 to lie waste1338 exilea1382 to-wastea1382 unronea1400 desolatea1425 vast1434 fruster?a1513 to lay waste1535 wipe1535 devast1537 depopulate1548 populate1552 forwaste1563 ruinate1564 havoc1575 scourge1576 dispopulate1588 destitute1593 ravage1602 harassa1618 devastate1638 execute1679 to make stroy of1682 to lay in ashes1711 untown1783 hell-rake1830 uncity1850 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. lvi He set furth toward Caen..depopulatyng the countrey, & destroiyng the villages. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 163 Hee had turned his Armes upon unarmed and unprovided People, to spoyle only and depopulate. 1641 G. FitzGerald in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. IV. 246 The enemy..robbed..my servants and Depopulated my Lands. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 261 He..enterd into Mercia..depopulating all places in thir way. 2. a. To deprive wholly or partially of inhabitants; to reduce the population of. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > make less populous [verb (transitive)] desolate1382 dispeople1490 disinhabit1530 unpeoplea1533 unpeoplea1533 depopulate1595 unfurnish1603 unpopulate1658 unstock1865 1595 Briefe Note Benefits Observ. Fish-daies Many Townes and Villages vpon the Sea coasts, are..wonderfully decayed, and some wonderfully depopulated. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. i. 264. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 216 A Village..lately depopulated from her Inhabitants, by command from the Spanish King. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 16 The late Plague, which did much depopulate this Kingdom. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. xiii. 430 Depopulating the maritime provinces by the expulsion of heretics. 1837 W. S. Landor Wks. (1868) II. 339/1 The pestilence which depopulated the cities of Italy and ravaged the whole of Europe. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 464 [Lions] excell..in crueltie..depopulating the flockes, and heards of cattell. 1686 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Ἀνεκδοτα Ἑτερουιακα 422 Whole forests and valleys were..depopulated of game. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical ix. 96 The other Knaves will..Depopulate your Mouths..and take as much for Drawing out an Old Tooth, as [etc.]. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Rabbit Turn 'em [Does] loose, that you may not depopulate your Warrens. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 282 An enterprize that..had, in a great measure, depopulated Europe of its bravest forces. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce in quantity or number thinc1440 depopulate1545 shorten1604 disquantity1608 waste1617 dequantitate1646 paucify1648 castrate1728 shrink1832 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 182v The Iewes were euer ouerrunne and depopulated of both ye hostes. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xi. 173 The soldier-loving Atreus' son..Depopulating troops of men. 1798 R. P. Tour in Wales (MS) 24 The modern spirit of depopulating trees having here left a gloomy house on a shaven lawn. 4. intransitive. To become less populous.In the first two quots. probably for was a-depopulating = was being depopulated. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > population > become populous [verb (intransitive)] > become less populous depopulate1882 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. App. iii. 521 The kingdom was depopulating from the increase of enclosures. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village Ded. An inquiry whether the country be depopulating or not.] 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 195 Our Henry Sixth made his Joyous Entry dismally enough into disaffected and depopulating Paris. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > eradicate or extirpate fornimOE to put awaya1382 outroot?a1425 unroot?a1425 out-razec1425 to pluck up1484 avell1530 sweep1560 depopulate1576 ruina1586 assoil1596 to lay aside1596 untop1598 displant1603 float1606 to take off1619 amolish1624 uproota1639 eradicate1647 to lay by1681 to polish off1827 uprend1911 to zero out1951 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iii. f. 214v With this licour may you depopulate or cut of any member. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 131 With Depilatories burn up and depopulate the Genital matter thereof. Derivatives deˈpopulated adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] > not unbiggedc1175 desert1297 void1338 desolatec1374 unhabited1490 inhabitable?1529 disinhabit1530 depopulate1531 uninhabita1540 unpeopled1547 undwelta1557 uninhabited1571 dishabited1577 dispeopled1577 unhabit1580 disinhabited1600 desertful1601 unmanned1609 inhabited1614 peopleless1621 deserted1629 depopulated1632 unhabitated1648 unseated1662 desolated1693 unpopulous1715 unsettled1724 unpopulated1776 bandless1862 populationless1885 unlived-in1927 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 450 In that narrow depopulated street. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 419 A depopulated, neglected, mountainous country. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) xii. iii. 448 The depopulated deserts of Breadalbane. deˈpopulating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] > devastating wastingc1230 wastefula1400 spoiling1565 desolative1593 desolatory1606 depopulating1627 devastating1634 ravaginga1649 devasting1659 vastative1667 devastative1805 depopulative1861 depopulatory1864 earth-shattering1864 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 168 In these hard and depopulating times. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 84 The Kings Popish depopulating Cavaleers. 1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 7 A depopulating Plague. 1821 Examiner 1 Apr. 206/2 A depopulating war was scattering its horrors throughout all Europe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1531v.1545 |
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