populate
[ pop-yuh-leyt ]
/ ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt /
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verb (used with object), pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing.
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
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populate
/ (ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) /
verb (tr)
(often passive) to live in; inhabit
to provide a population for; colonize or people
Word Origin for populate
C16: from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people
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