peopled

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But perhaps Troy is now more a zone of the imagination, rebuilt and repeopled every time someone makes it afresh in their mind – through the act of reading or looking, writing or making.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019

Peace returned to the provinces, cities were repeopled, roads repaired, Rome abounded in provisions, and the people were satisfied.

From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir

It was twice destroyed by the Saracens in the 8th and the 10th centuries; but it was afterwards repeopled by a colony from Genoa.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

Now which of these systems has ever consoled an afflicted heart, or repeopled a lonely one?

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.

Egypt was one of the first kingdoms founded after the deluge, and it is probable that those who repeopled it after this event, had retained many impressions of the former world.

From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous