01 a. Populous.
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Populous.[Obs.]
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3 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Populate
02 v. t. To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
imp. & p. p.
Populated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Populating
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To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
03 v. i. To propagate.
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To propagate.[Obs.]“Great shoals of people which go on to populate.” — Bacon.