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To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion; to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to unpeople. Where is this viper, That would depopulate the city Shak.

The act of depopulating, or condition of being depopulated; destruction or explusion of inhabitants. The desolation and depopulation [of St.Quentin] were now complete. Motley.

One who depopulates; a dispeopler.

Pertaining to a diapophysis.

The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

To refuse to consider as pope; to depose from the popedom. One whom they disposed. Tennyson.

An epic poem; epic poetry.

One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system. Carlyle.

Same as Hemapophysis. -- Hæm`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

The second element in each half of a hemal arch, corresponding to the sternal part of a rib. Owen. -- Hem`a*po*phys"i*al, a.

The science of veterinary medicine; the pathology of the horse.

Eaters of horseflesh.

Hippophagy. Lowell.

One who eats horseflesh.

Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

The act or practice of feeding on horseflesh.

One who loves horses. Holmes.

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a very thick, naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called al…

A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum, as hæmal spines, and chevron bones. -- Hy`pa*po*phys"i*al, a.

A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. -- Hy`per*ap`o*phys"i*al, a.