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populate
verb
fill with inhabitants
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ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt
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verb
fill with inhabitants
“populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting”
verb
be an inhabitant of or reside in
“People lived in Africa millions of years ago”
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populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting
People lived in Africa millions of years ago
The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted
this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean
deer are populating the woods
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