'Populate' definitions:

Definition of 'populate'

(from WordNet)
verb
Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit]
verb
Fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"

Definition of 'Populate'

From: GCIDE
  • Populate \Pop"u*late\, a. [L. populus people. See People.] Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Populate'

From: GCIDE
  • Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated; p. pr. & vb. n. Populating.] To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Populate'

From: GCIDE
  • Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Great shoals of people which go on to populate. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'populate'

From: Moby Thesaurus