populate
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yəˌleɪt verb (used with object), pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing.
1.
to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
2.
to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
Origin:
1570–80; < Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1
1570–80; < Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1
Related forms
out·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), out·pop·u·lat·ed, out·pop·u·lat·ing.
re·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), re·pop·u·lat·ed, re·pop·u·lat·ing.
su·per·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective
un·der·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), un·der·pop·u·lat·ed, un·der·pop·u·lat·ing.
un·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (often passive) to live in; inhabit |
| 2. | to provide a population for; colonize or people |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people] | |
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Word Origin & History
populate
1570s, from M.L. populatus, pp. of populare "inhabit," from L. populus "inhabitants."
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Example sentences
Tattooed former soldiers populate the breakfast rooms of reopened business hotels.
Please use this process to populate standard coordinates as time permits.
It may sound gimmicky and over the top, but the secret to its success is the realistic characters that populate it.
The toads that jump-and thus populate new territory-the fastest are more likely to be larger and have longer legs.
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