POPULATES

Verb

populates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of populate

Source: Wiktionary


POPULATE

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



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Word of the Day

19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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