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Word: Populate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from medieval Latin populat- ‘supplied with people’, from the verb populare, from populus ‘people’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɒpjʊleɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
form the population of (a place)
Short Definition:form population of
Examples:- the island is populated by scarcely 40,000 people
- a cosy rural town populated with friendly folk
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