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populate

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt/

The English word “populate” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To supply with inhabitants; to people.
  2. To live in; to inhabit.
  3. To increase in number; to breed.
  4. To fill initially empty items in a collection.
  5. To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

adjective

  1. populous

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

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