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pop·u·late       [pop-yuh-leyt] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
1.to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
2.to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
[Origin: 1570–80; < ML populātus, ptp. of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1]
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pop·u·late       (pŏp'yə-lāt')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates
  1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
  2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.


[Medieval Latin populāre, populāt-, from Latin populus, the people; see popular.]

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populated

adjective
furnished with inhabitants; "the area is well populated"; "forests populated with all kinds of wild life" 

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