populate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
populate/ˈpɒpjuleɪt/
▶verb
- 1 form the population of (a place).
■ cause people to settle in (a place).
- 2 Computing add data to (a database).
– origin C16: from med. L. populat-, populare ‘supply with people’.
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