pop·u·late /ˈpɑpjəˌlet/
 (v.)使居住于;殖民于;住于


 populate
 集結


 Pop·u·late a.  Populous. [Obs.]


 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.


 Pop·u·late, v. i. To propagate. [Obs.]
    Great shoals of people which go on to populate.   --Bacon.

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 populate
      v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
           Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
           people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
           "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack,
            reside, live, inhabit, people, domicile, domiciliate]
      2: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a
         room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area
         of the country" [syn: people]