transitive. To occupy or people (a place). Obsolete.

transitive. To colonize or settle (a place) with inhabitants; (also) to stock (a place) with animals. Obsolete.

transitive. To settle (a place, region, etc.) with colonists, esp. as part of an effort by a state or ruler to appropriate the area settled and…

transitive. To settle in or occupy (a place) as colonists; to establish a colony in; to colonize. In earliest use figurative.

transitive. To ‘plant’ with inhabitants, people, settle (a country). Obsolete. (Apparently North Amer.)

To furnish (a place) with inhabitants or settlers.

transitive. To settle (a place, region, etc.) with colonists as part of an effort by a state or ruler to appropriate the area settled and establish…