As a noun populaces
is .
As a verb populates is
(populate).
populates
English
Verb
(head)
(populate)
populate
English
Verb
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
To live in; to inhabit.
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
- John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate .
Adjective
(
en adjective)
(obsolete) populous
- (Francis Bacon)
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