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populated

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pop·u·late  (ppy-lt)
tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates
1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.
[Medieval Latin populre, popult-, from Latin populus, the people; see popular.]
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Adj.1.populated - furnished with inhabitants; "the area is well populated"; "forests populated with all kinds of wild life"
inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth"


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It is the part of the West Wind's dominions most thickly populated with generations of fine ships and hardy men.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
An ugly, thickly populated neighborhood, whose area of twinkling lights seemed to reach almost to the murky skies; hideous, indeed by day, not altogether devoid now of a certain weird attractiveness by reason of low-hung stars.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
Texas plumed itself upon its 330,000 natives; Florida, with a far smaller territory, boasted of being much more densely populated with 56,000.
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