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populate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb populate has 2 senses
- populate(v = verb.stative) dwell, inhabit, live - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" is one way to be
- populate(v = verb.change) Array - fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Derived form noun population1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived form noun population5
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
populate, a. [L. populus people. See People.].
Populous. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
populate, v. t.
To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [1913 Webster]
populate, v. i.
To propagate. [1913 Webster]
"Great shoals of people which go on to populate."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
populate, v.tr.
1 inhabit; form the population of (a town, country, etc.).
2 supply with inhabitants; people (a densely populated district).
1 inhabit; form the population of (a town, country, etc.).
2 supply with inhabitants; people (a densely populated district).
Etymology
med.L populare populat- (as PEOPLE)
THESAURUS
populate
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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