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populate

ˈpɑpjəˌleɪt
WordNet
Street fighting in 's-Hertogenbosch between the population and the fencing guild, 1 July 1579. View of the market where the fighting takes place. In the caption the title and the legend 1-9 in Dutch. After an old painting.
Street fighting in 's-Hertogenbosch between the population and the fencing guild, 1 July 1579. View of the market where the fighting takes place. In the caption the title and the legend 1-9 in Dutch. After an old painting.
  1. (v) populate
    fill with inhabitants "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
  2. (v) populate
    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"
Illustrations
Houses in a densely populated residential area have been hit by English bombers “somewhere in the Netherlands,” the caption said. Text strip glued to photo.
Houses in a densely populated residential area have been hit by English bombers “somewhere in the Netherlands,” the caption said. Text strip glued to photo.
The Dutch have arrested a collaborator who is shown to the population on the way to the home of a leader of the resistance, who are enthusiastically applauded.
The Dutch have arrested a collaborator who is shown to the population on the way to the home of a leader of the resistance, who are enthusiastically applauded.
Different population groups in Guinea and their special characteristics. A: a slave, B: a farmer who goes to the market with sugar cane, C: a fisherman, D: two black men carrying a boat to the beach, E: two men bringing wine to the market. Below the presentation a description of the population of Guinea and an explanation of the different groups.
Different population groups in Guinea and their special characteristics. A: a slave, B: a farmer who goes to the market with sugar cane, C: a fisherman, D: two black men carrying a boat to the beach, E: two men bringing wine to the market. Below the presentation a description of the population of Guinea and an explanation of the different groups.
Population census at Standing Rock Reserve for Sioux in North Dakota.
Population census at Standing Rock Reserve for Sioux in North Dakota.
Spanish Fury in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Atrocities committed by mutinous soldiers on the population of the city. Below the performance a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns, pasted below a description in 5 lines, in Dutch. Numbered: 15.
Spanish Fury in Antwerp, 4-7 November 1576. Atrocities committed by mutinous soldiers on the population of the city. Below the performance a verse of 16 lines in 2 columns, pasted below a description in 5 lines, in Dutch. Numbered: 15.
View of the bridge over the Kamo River in Kyoto with the densely populated riverbank and mountains in the background.
View of the bridge over the Kamo River in Kyoto with the densely populated riverbank and mountains in the background.
William III's fleet arrives at the port of Brixham. The quay is populated by troops on foot and on horseback. In the middle Willem III on horseback on a hill. In the bottom margin a legend of five columns of four lines each in Dutch.
William III's fleet arrives at the port of Brixham. The quay is populated by troops on foot and on horseback. In the middle Willem III on horseback on a hill. In the bottom margin a legend of five columns of four lines each in Dutch.
Album page with 5 photos. Two of the local population, in the photo at the top left, three soldiers are holding two Indians at gunpoint, with the inscription: ... two ploppers (echten), May 1949. Page in the album entitled In memory of my service overseas, about the police actions in the Dutch East Indies.
Album page with 5 photos. Two of the local population, in the photo at the top left, three soldiers are holding two Indians at gunpoint, with the inscription: ... two ploppers (echten), May 1949. Page in the album entitled In memory of my service overseas, about the police actions in the Dutch East Indies.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
In 1810 US population was 7,239,881. Black population at 1,377,808 was 19%. In 1969 US population reached 200 million.
  1. Populate
    Populous.
  2. Populate
    To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
  3. Populate
    To propagate. "Great shoals of people which go on to populate ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
The population of the American colonies in 1610 was 350.
  1. populate
    To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; people.
  2. populate
    To breed; propagate; increase in number.
  3. populate
    Populated; populous.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
Australia has the largest sheep population.
  1. (v.t) Populate
    to people: to furnish with inhabitants
Quotations
G. M. Trevelyan
Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading, an easy prey to sensations and cheap appeals.
G. M. Trevelyan
Aristotle
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
Aristotle
Gertrude Stein
It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.
Gertrude Stein
It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
John Andrew Holmes
The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity.
Carl Jung
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.
John Updike
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. populus, people. See People

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr. populaire—L. popularispopulus, the people.

Usage in the news

Asian population grows in Virginia. ashingtonpost.com

Total Student Population (Graduate + Undergraduate) 759. forbes.com

Rick Perry isn't well-liked among the Latino population. blog.chron.com

Two decades ago, nearly one-sixth of the population was forcibly expelled. thenation.com

Across the West, states often swap animals to restore or boost the local populations. deseretnews.com

Biloxi , New Orleans show signs of recovery, population growth post-Katrina. cnn.com

The world's most populous country will continue its strict family planning policy that permits, in general, only one child per couple living in urban areas, President Hu Jintao announced last week. usnews.com

Roane County is prepared for a four-day population explosion. dailymail.com

A hot steamy summer and mild winter are breeding a population boom in black widow spiders. globalpost.com

Sandy Cane, 48, won the election earlier this summer and will govern the town of Valceresio, population 5,300, which borders Varesotto and the Swiss confederation of Ticino. newpittsburghcourieronline.com

Total Student Population (Graduate + Undergraduate) 828. forbes.com

Latino Support for Gay Marriage Outpaces General US Population. latina.com

Elizabeth Warren Shows GOP's Clumsy , Anti-Education Populism. usnews.com

Bacteria in the gut play a crucial role in human health, and imbalances in bacterial populations can contribute to many disorders. latimes.com

No one neighborhood should have to shoulder responsibility for Lexington's homeless population. kentucky.com

Usage in scientific papers

In a simulation of the coevolution of VA and VB populations without any correction of the P opmax parameter, the VA population gets extinct in the first tenths of time steps of coevolution.
Random deaths in a computational model for age-structured populations

It can be seen that the radio detected SF population has redder colors, smaller 1/c and larger D4000 values than the SF population as a whole.
Star formation rate indicators in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Small differences in the absolute populations of these sublevels correspond to large fractional differences in the population inversion, and hence the maser gain.
Magnetic Field Morphology of Orion-IRc2 from 86 GHz SiO Maser Polarization Images

The bottom graph presents the population dynamics of all three populations.
Rabi spectra - a simple tool for analyzing the limitations of RWA in modelling of the selective population transfer in many-level quantum systems

The bottom graph presents the population dynamics of all three populations.
Rabi spectra - a simple tool for analyzing the limitations of RWA in modelling of the selective population transfer in many-level quantum systems

Usage in literature

The land that is accessible to a growing population cannot long be superabundant. "Essentials of Economic Theory" by John Bates Clark

There would be, in that case, a most alarming deduction from our population. "Thoughts on African Colonization" by William Lloyd Garrison

Either the river takes its name from the population, or the population from the river; the division to which it belongs being a new one. "The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies" by Robert Gordon Latham

Yet now we see, ten years afterwards, that instead of fixing the population, the population becomes more wandering. "The Hills and the Vale" by Richard Jefferies

The population is about one thousand five hundred. "Our Battery" by Orlando P. Cutter

The population of this vast empire is not known. "Hernando Cortez" by John S. C. Abbott

Aside from the romanization of the native population, little evidence of the occupation survived the Roman evacuation of Dacia. "Area Handbook for Romania" by Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

The Carib part of the population has long vanished. "The English in the West Indies" by James Anthony Froude

It is the most populous town in the Vorarlberg, its population in 1900 being 13,052. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6" by Various

There are many other towns in the Delta with populations between 10,000 and 20,000. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1" by Various

Usage in poetry
I will thrust into your souls
Unnamed terrors and despairs --
Populate the air with ghouls
And the sea with murderers.
The waves tell of ocean spaces,
Of hearts that are wild and brave,
Of populous city places,
Of desolate shores they lave,
Of men who sally in quest of gold
To sink in an ocean grave.
And during the siege Colonel Baden was cheerful and gay,
While the starving population were living on brawn each day;
And alas! the sufferings of the women and children were great,
But they all submitted patiently to their fate.
But have faith that Time the Scourger will be even with the perjure,
When shall greener be the verdure upon Aspromonte's slope,
When the populations fitted to be wholly manumitted,
Shall be trampled nor outwitted, or by Emperor or Pope.
Decrease our population, check our growth,
Deprive us of our wealth, our liberty,
Lower the nation's conscience by a hair,
And you are less than that you were before!
You stand here in the world the man you are,
Because your country is America!
So saying he went in to the fair and populous mansion,
Straight going up to the hall to seek the illustrious wooers.
But, for poor Argus,— the fate of black death had utterly seiz'd him,
When, in his twentieth year, he saw for a moment Ulysses.