English Dictionary
Definition of “populate”
populate (ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- (often passive) to live in; inhabit
- to provide a population for; colonize or people
Word Origin
C16: from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people
Usage examples
His family had been shipped out at the beginning of the century to populate annexed Polish territory with German blood.
Sara MacDonald, SEA MUSIC (2003)The players plan to populate the market with set-top boxes that can be used for PlayStation, Xbox or DreamCast.
Business Today (2001)Then again, perhaps the fertile minds that populate law offices will simply opt to keep right on copying kmakin@globeandmail.
Globe and Mail (2003)By and large the Asians who populate the area are of Bangladeshi origin.
Sun, News of the World (2004)Because of this, since most human action involves touching, fingerprints invisibly populate the world's surfaces.
Colin Beavan, FINGERPRINTS: Murder and the Race to Uncover the Science of Identity (2002)
