Populous definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary POP'ULOUS, a. [L. populosus ... or twenty inhabitants to a square mile is not a populous country. The Netherlands, and some parts of Italy, containing a ... hundred and fifty inhabitants to a square mile, are deemed populous. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: densely populated [syn: populous, thickly settled] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English, from ... ME f. LL populosus (as PEOPLE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Populous Pop"u*lous, a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf ... in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. --Milton. 2. ...
... the ground they live on. Merriam Webster's noun see populous Webster's 1913 Dictionary Populous Pop"u*lous, a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf ... in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. --Milton. 2. Popular ... Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] ``The dust . . . raised by your populous troops.'' --Shak. -- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous ...
... to the extent of country. Merriam Webster's adverb see populous Webster's 1913 Dictionary Populous Pop"u*lous, a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf ... in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. --Milton. 2. Popular ... Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] ``The dust . . . raised by your populous troops.'' --Shak. -- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous ...
... against the Thessalians Easton's Bible Dictionary a large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the capital of ... important city on the Gulf. 2. History: Thessalonica rapidly became populous and wealthy. In the war between Perseus and the Romans ... the reign of Augustus, speaks of it as the most populous town in Macedonia and the metropolis of the province (vii ...
... body. It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air, which may be from the ... bodies. It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the ...
... same form of expression is used in regard to other populous towns. TOWN'-CLERK, n. [town and clerk.] An officer who ... same form of expressions is used in regard to other populous towns. 8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or ...
... s adjective Date: 1604 1. including a multitude of individuals ; populous < the multitudinous city > 2. existing in a great multitude < multitudinous ... myriad, no few, not a few, numberless, numerous, overflowing, plentiful, populous, quite some, several, sundry, superabundant, thousand, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered, untold ...
... or plain; a large extent of territory. 3. Extensive or populous; containing many inhabitants; as a large city or town. 4 ... 8. Syn: Big; bulky; huge; capacious; comprehensive; ample; abundant; plentiful; populous; copious; diffusive; liberal. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Large Large, adv ...
... by natural increase, or by immigration or colonization. POPULATE, for populous, is not now in use. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... Populate Pop"u*late, a. [L. populus people. See People.] Populous. [Obs.] --Bacon. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Populate Pop"u*late ...