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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Depopulat(e, p.p. and p.t. [e.m.E. (1531), L. dēpopulātus.] Depopulated. —15.. Clar. v. 60.
How Troy be slaughter was depopulate c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 258.
Godfride … Quhilk … Depopulat that cietie of renoun (1685) Lauder Observes 236.
By this persecution France is much depopulat
