POPULATE


Meaning of POPULATE in English

/pop"yeuh layt'/ , v.t., populated, populating .

1. to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.

2. to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.

[ 1570-80; populatus, ptp. of populare to inhabit. See PEOPLE, -ATE 1 ]

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