*popu*

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depopulated p. pr. & vb. n. Depopulating ] [ L. depopulatus, p. p. of depopulari to ravage; de- + populari to ravage, fr. populus people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. dépeupler. See People. ] To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying, being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge depopulated the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become dispeopled. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether the country be depopulating or not. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. depopulatio pillaging: cf. F. dépopulation depopulation. ] The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

The desolation and depopulation [ of St.Quentin ] were now complete. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., pillager. ] One who depopulates; a dispeopler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See People. ] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, -- comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

To . . . calm the peers and please the populace. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . call us Britain's barbarous populaces. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mob; people; commonalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Populace. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. “Popular states.” Bacon. “So the popular vote inclines.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such popular humanity is treason. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. ] The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Popularities [ L. popularitas an effort to please the people: cf. F. popularité. ] 1. The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

A popularity which has lasted down to our time. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity. [ 1913 Webster ]

This gallant laboring to avoid popularity falls into a habit of affectation. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

Popularities, and circumstances which . . . sway the ordinary judgment. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of courting the favor of the people. [ Obs. ] “Indicted . . . for popularity and ambition.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Public sentiment; general passion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A little time be allowed for the madness of popularity to cease. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Popularized p. pr. & vb. n. Popularizing ] [ Cf. F. populariser. ] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. “The popularizing of religious teaching.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who popularizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported. [ 1913 Webster ]

The victor knight,
Bareheaded, popularly low had bowed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. populus people. See People. ] Populous. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Populated p. pr. & vb. n. Populating. ] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To propagate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populatio: cf. F. population. ] 1. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who populates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populus people + caedere to kill. ] Slaughter of the people. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. populus poplar: cf. F. populine. ] (Chem.) A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. populus people + -ist. ] (U. S. Politics) A member of the People's party. -- Pop`u*lis"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L. populositas: cf. F. populosité. ] Populousness.[ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux. ] 1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven, yet populous, retains
Number sufficient to possess her realms. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Popular; famous. [ Obs. ] J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Common; vulgar. [ Obs. ] Arden of Feversham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Numerous; in large number. [ Obs. ] “The dust . . . raised by your populous troops.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of repeopling; act of furnishing with a population anew. [ 1913 Webster ]