populated
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
populated (comparative more populated, superlative most populated)
That has, or supplied with, inhabitants or content.
populated
simple past tense and past participle of populate
Source: Wiktionary
Pop"u*late, a. Etym: [L. populus people. See People.]
Definition: Populous. [Obs.] Bacon.
Pop"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated; p. pr. & vb. n. Populating.]
Definition: To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
Pop"u*late, v. i.
Definition: To propagate. [Obs.] Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
