Populate Definition
pŏpyə-lāt
populated, populates, populating
verb
populated, populates, populating
To supply with inhabitants; people.
Webster's New World
To be or become the inhabitants of; inhabit.
Webster's New World
To fill (an empty field or array) with data.
American Heritage
To fill (an electron shell of an atom) with electrons.
American Heritage
(computing, transitive/intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.
John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.
Wiktionary
adjective
(obsolete) Populous.
Wiktionary
Origin of Populate
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Medieval Latin populāre populāt- from Latin populus the people popular
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Medieval Latin populatus, past participle of populo (“to populate").
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