populate
verb (used with object)
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
am populating
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present progressiveof populate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In Brisbane, Australia, Nicholas S. Fragale, father of seven, arrested for having two wives, protested: "I am populating the country and all that happens to me is trouble."
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