Define the word populate"Populate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Populate \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.
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"Populate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. i.
To propagate. [Obs.]
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Great shoals of people which go on to populate.
--Bacon.
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"Populate" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Populate \Pop"u*late\, a. [L. populus people. See People.]
Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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"populate" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
populate
v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially 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" [syn: dwell, shack,
reside, live, inhabit, people, domicile, domiciliate]
2: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a
room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area
of the country" [syn: people]
"populate" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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