1. past tense and past participle of repeople; to populate again or anew

Examples

• The abandoned village was gradually repeopled by new settlers.
• After the war, the government repeopled the devastated region.
• The island was repeopled with families from the mainland.
• Scientists repeopled the research station after the winter evacuation.
• The ghost town has been slowly repeopled over the past decade.
• They repeopled the area with volunteers willing to start fresh.