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Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.

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  1. a. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
  2. a. Popular; famous.
  3. a. Common; vulgar.
  4. a. Numerous; in large number.
  5. adj. densely populated
  6. 1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. Milton. 2. Popular; famous. [Obs.] J. Webster. 3. Common; vulgar. [Obs.] Arden of Feversham. 4. Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] "The dust . . . raised by your populous troops." Shak. -- Pop"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Pop"u*lous*ness, n.
  7. j:100 s. densely populated