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 .

Verb

(resid)

To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=6 citation , passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}

To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.

To sink; to settle, as sediment.