Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Populate \Pop"u*late\, a. [L. populus people. See {People}.]
   Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon.

Populate \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.

Populate \Pop"u*late\, v. i.
   To propagate. [Obs.]

         Great shoals of people which go on to populate.
                                                  --Bacon.

Source : WordNet®

populate
     v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in
          Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
          people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
          "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {dwell}, {shack},
           {reside}, {live}, {inhabit}, {people}, {domicile}, {domiciliate}]
     2: fill with people or supply with inhabitants; "people a
        room"; "The government wanted to populate the remote area
        of the country" [syn: {people}]