Keep and Populate

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Populate and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Populate" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Populate verb - To supply with inhabitants.

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Keep and populate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Populate".

Nearby Words: population, populating

humanity	keep humanity	populate humanity
rest	keep rest	populate rest
world	keep world	populate world
game	keep game	populate game
Other words: story, city, levels.

Other video games, such as fighting games, start with just a few characters but keep adding characters to the roster as more sequels come out, until you eventually have enough characters to populate an entire 'verse.

Source: Loads and Loads of Characters
The implication is that their descendants will populate the universe, but then it runs into Fridge Logic that they wouldn't have enough genetic diversity to keep the species going, which the author seems at least vaguely aware of because of the aforementioned spoiler.

Source: Adam and Eve Plot
Interspecies Romance: Delilah notes in her monologue that male Rabbit Warriors are rare (they are pretty close to One-Gender Race), so they have to mate with their chosen male to keep populate.

Source: Literature / Gate

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