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Verb: populate  'pópyu`leyt
  1. Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
    "deer are populating the woods"
    - dwell, live, inhabit
     
  2. Fill with inhabitants
    "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"

Derived forms: populating, populated, populates

See also: population

Type of: be, fill, fill up, make full

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