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Meaning of 'populate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Populate [ a.]
- Populous.
2 . Populate [ v. i.]
- To propagate.
3 . Populate [ v. t.]
- To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.

Meaning of 'populate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . populate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- be an inhabitant of or reside in
Example in sentence:
  • deer are populating the woods;
  • 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
Meaning (2):
- fill with inhabitants
Example in sentence:
  • populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting

Nearby Words:

pop pope popedom popeling popelote popery popet popgun popinjay popish

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