EnglishMain Dictionary
populate
Universal Words
verb [VN] [oftenpassive]
1 to live in an area and form its population
SYNINHABIT:
a heavily / densely / sparsely / thinly populated country * The island is populated largely by sheep. * the tribes that populated the region at the turn of the century * (figurative) the amazing characters that populate her novels
2 to move people or animals to an area to live there:
The French began to populate the island in the 15th century.
