different between populate vs copulate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin popul?tus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?p.j??le?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?p.j??le?t/

Verb

populate (third-person singular simple present populates, present participle populating, simple past and past participle populated)

1. (transitive) To supply with inhabitants; to people.
2. (transitive) To live in; to inhabit.
3. (intransitive) To increase in number; to breed.
4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To fill initially empty items in a collection.

   John clicked the Search button and waited for the list to populate.

   Clicking the refresh button will populate the grid.

5. (electronics) To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

Antonyms

• depopulate

Translations

Adjective

populate (comparative more populate, superlative most populate)

1. (obsolete) populous

Latin

Participle

popul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of popul?tus

English

Etymology

Latin copulare (“to couple”) perfect participle, from stem copulat-.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?p.j?.le?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.pj?.le?t/
  • Rhymes: -?pj?le?t
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?p.j?.l?t/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.pj?.l?t/

Verb

copulate (third-person singular simple present copulates, present participle copulating, simple past and past participle copulated)

1. (somewhat formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• fuck, have sex, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together, boff
• See also Thesaurus:copulate

Related terms

• copulin
• copulation
• copulator
• copulatee
• copulable
• copulability

Translations

Adjective

copulate (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Custom and Education

     the force of custome copulate, and conioyn'd

2. (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of F. A. March to this entry?)

Anagrams

• outplace

Italian

Verb

copulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of copulare
2. second-person plural imperative of copulare
3. feminine plural of copulato

Anagrams

• peculato

Latin

Verb

c?pul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?pul?

References

• copulate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• copulate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette