Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

People \Peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peopled} p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Peopling}.] [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf.
   {Populate}.]
   To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people;
   to populate. ``Peopled heaven with angels.'' --Dryden.

         As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. --Milton.