Category:Populate

Pop"u*late, a. Etym: [l. populus people. See people.]

Defn: populous. [obs.] Bacon.

Populate Pop"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated; p. pr. & vb. n. Populating.]

Defn: to furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by Immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.

Populate Pop"u*late, v. i.

Defn: to propagate. [obs.] Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon.