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   populate

   /ˈpɒpjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. form the population of (a place): "the island is populated by scarcely 40,000 people" Similar inhabitlive/reside inoccupypeopleformal:dwell in
   • ▪ cause people to settle in (a place). Similar settle (in)colonizepeoplemove intooccupytake up residence inmake one's home inopen uppioneeroverrun
   • ▪ fill or be present in (a place or sphere): "the film is an epic fantasy populated by grotesque weirdos"
   • ▪ fill in (data).

   Word Origin late 16th century: from medieval Latin populat- ‘supplied with people’, from the verb populare, from populus ‘people’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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