Pop"u*late , v. i. To propagate. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people which go on to populate.
Bacon.
Pop"u*late (?), 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.
Pop"u*late (?), a. [L. populus people. See People.]
Populous. [Obs.] Bacon.
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