Populate
21populate — verb 1》 form the population of (a place). ↘cause people to settle in (a place). 2》 Computing add data to (a database). Origin C16: from med. L. populat , populare supply with people …
22populate — v. a. People …
23populate — verb be populated if an area is populated by a particular group of people, they live there (+ by): The Central Highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers. | densely/heavily/highly/thickly populated (=a lot of people live in that place in… …
24populate — v 1. inhabit, reside in, dwell in, live in, Archaic. bide, tenant, stay, stay at; domicile, domiciliate, take up residence, occupy, settle down, locate, Inf. hang up one s hat. 2. people, Obs. empeople, denizen, colonize, settle, settle in; take… …
25populate — pop·u·late …
26populate — [ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt] verb be populated if an area is populated by people or animals, they live there[/ex] Burundi is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.[/ex] …
27populate — pop•u•late [[t]ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt[/t]] v. t. lat•ed, lat•ing 1) to inhabit; live in 2) to furnish with inhabitants; people • Etymology: 1570–80; < ML populātus, ptp. of populāre to inhabit. See people, ate I …
28populate — v.tr. 1 inhabit; form the population of (a town, country, etc.). 2 supply with inhabitants; people (a densely populated district). Etymology: med.L populare populat (as PEOPLE) …
29over-populate — …
30Populated — 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. [1913 Webster] …