people (v.) Copy link Outline I. To dwell inII. To stock with inhabitants • people (v.): I. To dwell in: incŏlo, 3: v. to inhabit. II. To stock with inhabitants: frĕquento, 1: to p. the world with a new stock, mundum prole nova f., Col. 10, 213: Cic. Off. 2, 4, 15 (urbes sine hominum coetu non potuissent nec aedificari nec frequentari): but the verb strictly denotes, to fill with inhabitants, not merely to place inhabitants in a country. See foll. art.