populate.
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
Meaning & usage
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
To live in; to inhabit.
To increase in number; to breed.
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.
To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).
populous
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).
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