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[ pop -yuh -leyt ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈpɒp yəˌleɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing. to inhabit; live in; be the inhabitants of.
to furnish with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
Origin of populate 1570–80; <Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populāre to inhabit. See people, -ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM populate out·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), out·pop·u·lat·ed, out·pop·u·lat·ing. re·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), re·pop·u·lat·ed, re·pop·u·lat·ing. su·per·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective un·der·pop·u·late, verb (used with object), un·der·pop·u·lat·ed, un·der·pop·u·lat·ing.
un·pop·u·lat·ed, adjective
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Example sentences from the Web for populate In densely-populate d cities real estate is expensive and can be hard to find.
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There, abandoned “ghost towns” populate the prairie fields and deserts, serving as a reminder of a not-so-distant past.
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The SUVs, coupes, and sedans that populate dealer showrooms are much greener than their antecedents.
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In order to populate the new port, he proclaimed there a religious liberty he denied to his Duchy at large.
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And on those ships are enough people to populate a town as large as the one where I was raised.
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But Venone knows better now, and their criminals will not populate more worlds.
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This certainly is a new method to populate our colonies with capitalists.
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They needed souls and chimeras to populate the imaginary regions which they have discovered in the other life.
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British Dictionary definitions for populate verb (tr) (often passive) to live in; inhabit
to provide a population for; colonize or people
Word Origin for populate C16: from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people
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Words related to populate occupy, inhabit, colonize, live, settle, people