Definition of "peopling" [peopling]

• Present participle of people. (verb)

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• "In the narrow sense it may be defined as the peopling of the land. '"
• "History has preserved the name of the colonist who first conceived the idea of peopling these pasturages, inhabited only by deer, and a large species of cavy."
• "In order to gain a clear and just idea of the design and end of government, let us suppose a small number of persons settled in some sequestered part of the earth, unconnected with the rest, they will then represent the first peopling of any country, or of the world."