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Populate

Populate Meaning & Definition
Populate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Populate?

[v] fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area of the country"
[v] make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Populate: domicile | domiciliate | dwell | inhabit | live | people | people | reside | shack

Related Terms | Find terms related to Populate: anchor | billet at | bivouac | burrow | camp | colonize | come to anchor | denizen | domesticate | drop anchor | dwell in | empeople | ensconce | establish residence | hive | inhabit | keep house | live at | live in | locate | moor | move | nest | occupy | park | people | perch | plant | relocate | reside | reside in | roost | set up housekeeping | set up shop | settle | settle down | settle in | sit down | squat | stand | stay at | strike root | take residence at | take root | take up residence

See Also | be | bivouac | board | camp | camp out | cohabit | encamp | fill | fill up | live in | live out | lodge | lodge in | make full | neighbor | neighbour | occupy | overpopulate | room | rusticate | shack up | sleep in | sleep out | tent

Populate In Webster's Dictionary

\Pop"u*late\, a. [L. populus people. See {People}.] Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\Pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Populated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Populating}.] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
\Pop"u*late\, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.] Great shoals of people which go on to populate. --Bacon.

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