peopling

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
People \Peo"ple\ (p[=e]"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peopled}
   (p[=e]"p'ld) p. pr. & vb. n.; {Peopling} (p[=e]"p'l[i^]ng).]
   [Cf. OF. popler, puepler, F. puepler. Cf. {Populate}.]
   To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people;
   to populate. "Peopled heaven with angels." --Dryden.
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         As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. --Milton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "peopling":
      anchorage, colonization, empeoplement, establishment, fixation,
      foundation, inauguration, inhabiting, initiation, installation,
      installment, investiture, lodgment, mooring, peoplement,
      plantation, population, settlement, settling
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