Peo″ple (pē″p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Peopled (pē″p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Peopling (pē″p'lĭng).] [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.
As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. Milton.