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]