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Populate   /pˈɑpjəlˌeɪt/   Listen
Populate

verb
(past & past part. populated; pres. part. populating)
1.
Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.  Synonyms: dwell, inhabit, live.  "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted" , "This kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean" , "Deer are populating the woods"
2.
Fill with inhabitants.



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"Populate" Quotes from Famous Books



... the length of the island. It was all very well, but there was little in it remarkable either as regards cultivation or scenery. We found nothing that it would be possible either to describe or remember. The Americans of the United States have had time to build and populate vast cities, but they have not yet had time to surround themselves with pretty scenery. Outlying grand scenery is given by nature; but the prettiness of home scenery is a work of art. It comes from the thorough draining of land, from the ...
— Volume 1 • Anthony Trollope

... of the mountains, among the Fish-eaters. A Bannock Indian had brought the news across to them. They had sent men to see. The men had seen the Messiah, and had talked with him. They had seen the dances that he had ordered, which would waken the dead to life and populate the ...
— Boys' Book of Indian Warriors - and Heroic Indian Women • Edwin L. Sabin

... concerning human populations. It is not infrequent for a people to double its numbers every twenty-five years. If this were continued for any length of time, it is evident that a single nation could soon populate the whole earth. ...
— Sociology and Modern Social Problems • Charles A. Ellwood



Words linked to "Populate" :   people, lodge in, camp out, domicile, live together, camp, lodge, fill, population, neighbor, room, neighbour, occupy, board, be, overpopulate, nest, dwell, make full, bivouac, tent, inhabit, shack up, shack, reside, fill up, encamp, domiciliate, cohabit, tenant



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