populate (v.)

  1. 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: dwell , live , inhabit ]

  2. fill with inhabitants; populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting'

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