repeople

verb

re·​peo·​ple (ˌ)rē-ˈpē-pəl 

variants or less commonly re-people

repeopled also re-peopled; repeopling also re-peopling

transitive verb

: to people (something) again

"… I want to re-people our stricken country …"

—Henry James

With such reminiscences I repeopled the woods and lulled myself asleep.

—Henry David Thoreau

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above