populate

tr.v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
2. To live in; inhabit: creatures that populate the ocean depths.

[Medieval Latin populāre, populāt-, from Latin populus, the people. See popular.]

To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold.

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verb

To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, occupy, people. See place.

IN BRIEF: Fill with people or supply with inhabitants.

It is important to our survival on earth that we not populate it beyond its capacity.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - befolke

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevolken, vullen

Français (French)
v. tr. - peupler

Deutsch (German)
v. - bevölkern, bewohnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (κατ)οικώ, (επ)οικίζω

Italiano (Italian)
popolare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - povoar

Русский (Russian)
населять, заселять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - poblar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - befolka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
居住于, 殖民于, 移民于

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 居住於, 殖民於, 移民于

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~에 사람을 거주케 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 住む, 人を定住させる, 植民する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقطن, يسكن, يحتل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮יישב, אכלס‬

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