POPULARNESS
Pop"u*lar*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being popular; popularity. Coleridge.
POPULATE
Pop"u*late, a. Etym: [L. populus people. See People.]
Defn: Populous. [Obs.] Bacon.
POPULATE
Pop"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Populated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Populating.]
Defn: To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people.
POPULATE
Pop"u*late, v. i.
Defn: To propagate. [Obs.]
Great shoals of people which go on to populate. Bacon.
POPULATION
Pop`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. populatio: cf. F. population.]
1. The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.