populate

Populate is defined as to occupy or fill with people or things.

(verb)

  1. An example of populate is a large number of people moving to a newly-discovered island.
  2. An example of populate is planting hundreds of flowers in an empty field.

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See populate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb populated, populating

  1. to be or become the inhabitants of; inhabit
  2. to supply with inhabitants; people

Origin: < ML populatus, pp. of populare, to populate < L populus, people

See populate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates
  1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
  2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin populāre, populāt-

Origin: , from Latin populus, the people; see popular

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