pop·u·late /ˈpɑpjəˌlet/
(v.)使居住于;殖民于;住于
populate
集結
Pop·u·late a. Populous. [Obs.]
Pop·u·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated p. pr. & vb. n. Populating.] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
Pop·u·late, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people which go on to populate. --Bacon.
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populate
v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
"The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack,
reside, live, inhabit, people, domicile, domiciliate]
2: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a
room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area
of the country" [syn: people]