The Collaborative International Dictionary
People \Peo"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peopled p. pr. & vb. n.
Peopling.] [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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of people English)
Usage examples of "peopling".
Prompted by curiosity, he broke open other shells and the peopling of Barsoom commenced.
But in the long run the discovery of the common origins of Sanskrit and Greek and Latin would form part of the modern scientific synthesis, linking genetics, archaeology and linguistics, which has taught us a great deal about the peopling of our world, surely one of the greatest and most important aspects of our history.