[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

populate \pop"ulate\, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
populated populating 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

populate \pop"ulate\, v. i.
   to propagate. obs.
   1913 webster

         great shoals of people which go on to populate.
                                                  --bacon.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

populate \pop"ulate\, a. l. populus people. see people.
   populous. obs. --bacon.
   1913 webster
see also:
people 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
dwell shack reside live inhabit people 
domicile domiciliate 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 moby thesaurus words for "populate":
   anchor, billet at, bivouac, burrow, camp, colonize, come to anchor,
   denizen, domesticate, drop anchor, dwell in, empeople, ensconce,
   establish residence, hive, inhabit, keep house, live at, live in,
   locate, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, plant,
   relocate, reside, reside in, roost, set up housekeeping,
   set up shop, settle, settle down, settle in, sit down, squat,
   stand, stay at, strike root, take residence at, take root,
   take up residence

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