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1. (v.t.) populate
to inhabit; live in.
2. populate
to furnish with inhabitants; people.
Etymology: (1570–80; < ML populātus, ptp. of populāre to inhabit. See people , -ate1)
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1. (verb) populate, dwell, live, inhabit
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"
2. (verb) populate
fill with inhabitants
"populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
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1. (verb) populate
to inhabit or be present in an area
the rare species that populate the forest region; an island populated by former slaves
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1. (adj) populate
populous
2. (verb) populate
to furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people
3. (verb) populate
to propagate
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Sense: (usually in passive) to fill with people
That part of the world used to be populated by wandering tribes.
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 Afrikaans: bevolk |
 Arabic: يُعَمِّر، يملأ بالسُّكّان |
 Bulgarian: заселвам |
 Brazilian: povoar |
 Czech: osídlit |
 German: bevölkern |
 Danish: befolke |
 Greek: εποικώ, κατοικώ |
 Spanish: poblar |
 Estonian: asustama |
 Farsi: دارای سکنه کردن |
 Finnish: asuttaa |
 French: peupler |
 Hebrew: לְאַכלֵס |
 Hindi: बसना, बस जाना |
 Croatian: napučiti |
 Hungarian: benépesít |
 Indonesian: memukimkan, menghuni, men |
 Icelandic: byggja land |
 Italian: popolare |
 Japanese: 住む |
 Korean: 사람을 거주 시키다 |
 Lithuanian: apgyvendinti |
 Latvian: apdzīvot |
 Malay: menghuni |
 Dutch: bevolken |
 Norwegian: befolke |
 Polish: zaludniać |
 Persian: مردم را در جاى مسكن گزين |
 Pashto: په يو ځاى كښې خلك استوګن |
 Portuguese: povoar |
 Romanian: a popula |
 Russian: населять |
 Slovak: osídliť |
 Slovenian: poseliti |
 Serbian: naseliti |
 Swedish: befolka |
 Thai: ตั้งถิ่นฐาน |
 Turkish: insan yerleştirmek |
 Taiwanese: 使人口聚居在...中 |
 Ukrainian: населяти; заселяти |
 Urdu: آباد کرنا، بسانا |
 Vietnamese: đến định cư |
 Chinese: 使人口聚居在...中 |
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