populate

populate
Synonyms and related words:
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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  • Populate — Pop u*late, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • populate — [päp′yə lāt΄] vt. populated, populating [< ML populatus, pp. of populare, to populate < L populus, PEOPLE] 1. to be or become the inhabitants of; inhabit 2. to supply with inhabitants; people …   English World dictionary

  • Populate — Pop u*late, a. [L. populus people. See {People}.] Populous. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • populate — index dwell (reside) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • populate — 1570s, from M.L. populatus, pp. of populare inhabit, from L. populus inhabitants. Related: Populated; populating …   Etymology dictionary

  • populate — ► VERB 1) form the population of. 2) cause people to settle in. ORIGIN Latin populare supply with people …   English terms dictionary

  • populate — [[t]pɒ̱pjʊleɪt[/t]] populates, populating, populated 1) VERB If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. [be V ed] Before all this the island was populated by native American… …   English dictionary

  • populate — UK [ˈpɒpjʊleɪt] / US [ˈpɑpjəˌleɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms populate : present tense I/you/we/they populate he/she/it populates present participle populating past tense populated past participle populated 1) if a group of people or animals… …   English dictionary

  • populate — /ˈpɒpjəleɪt/ (say popyuhlayt) verb (t) (populated, populating) 1. to inhabit. 2. to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonisation; people. 3. Computers to enter (data) into: to populate the database with client details. –phrase 4. populate or… …  

  • populate — verb /ˈpɒp.jə.leɪt,ˈpɒp.ju.leɪt/ a) To supply with inhabitants; to people. John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate. b) To live in; to inhabit …   Wiktionary

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