pop·u·late 
(pŏpyə-lāt′)
(pŏpyə-lāt′)tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates
1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization.
2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.
3. Computers To fill (an empty field or array) with data.
4. Chemistry To fill (an electron shell of an atom) with electrons.
[Medieval Latin populāre, populāt-, from Latin populus, the people; see POPULAR.]