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Definition of Populate
1. Verb. Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. "Deer are populating the woods"
Specialized synonyms: Tenant, Neighbor, Neighbour, Lodge In, Occupy, Reside, Domicile, Domiciliate, Reside, Shack, People, Overpopulate, Cohabit, Live Together, Shack Up, Lodge, Bivouac, Camp, Camp Out, Encamp, Tent, Nest, Board, Room
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Dweller, Dwelling, Inhabitancy, Inhabitant, Inhabitation, Livable, Liveable, Liver, Population
Also: Live In, Live Out
2. Verb. Fill with inhabitants. "Populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
Definition of Populate
1. a. Populous.
2. v. t. To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
3. v. i. To propagate.
Definition of Populate
1. Verb. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To live in; to inhabit. ¹
3. Verb. (computing transitive/intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Populate
1. to inhabit [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: inhabit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Populate
Literary usage of Populate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Land, Labour, and Gold; Or, Two Years in Victoria: With Visits to Sydney and by William Howitt (1858)
"Could soon populate Australia. — Arrival of Duke of Newcastle's admirable
Despatch.— Unrivalled Advantages of the Squatters. ..."
2. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1888)
"A short term of peace follows—Contentions are renewed—Questions arise with the
Pope regarding the tributes—Efforts of Sancho to populate and defend his ..."
3. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1888)
"... to populate and defend his kingdom—Death of the Queen D. Dulce—Wars with
Leon—Political negotiations between England, ..."
4. The History of Portugal: From the Commencement of the Monarchy to the Reign by Edward McMurdo (1888)
"A short term of peace follows—Contentions are renewed—Questions arise with the
Pope regarding the tributes—Efforts of Sancho to populate and defend his ..."
5. The Edinburgh Gazetteer, Or Geographical Dictionary ...: Accompanied by an Atlas (1822)
"430. UNION, a township of the United States, in Rosa county, Ohio. populate 2273.
UNION, a township of the United ..."
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