Be an inhabitant of or reside in:
— The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted.

synonyms: dwell, live, populate.

Roget 188: inhabit etc. (be present) 186; endenizen etc. (locate oneself) 184^†.   

Roget 186: exist in space, be present etc. adj.; assister^†; make one of, make one at; look on, attend, remain; find oneself, present oneself; show one's face; fall in the way of, occur in a place; lie, stand; occupy; be there.    people; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode etc. (be located) 184; tenant.    resort to, frequent, haunt; revisit.    fill, pervade, permeate; be diffused, be disseminated, be through; over spread, overrun; run through; meet one at every turn.    ... show more

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; house, stow; establish, fix, pin, root; graft; plant etc. (insert) 300; shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit^†; cradle; moor, tether, picket; pack, tuck in; embed, imbed; vest, invest in.    billet on, quarter upon, saddle with; load, lade, freight; pocket, put up, bag.    inhabit etc. (be present) 186; domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher [Fr.], bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.    endenizen^†, naturalize, adopt.    put back, replace etc. (restore) 660.    ... show more

Roget 189: take up one's abode etc. (locate oneself) 184; inhabit etc. (be present) 186.   

Dutch: bevolken

Be present in.

Exist or be situated within:
— Strange notions inhabited her mind.

synonym: dwell.