propagate

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.

2. 2transitive verb

   To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

3. 3transitive verb

   To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.

4. 4transitive verb

   To multiply; to increase.

5. 5transitive verb

   To generate; to produce.

6. 6intransitive verb

   To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

7. 7verb

   multiply sexually or asexually

8. 8verb

   cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

9. 9verb

   cause to become widely known

   "spread information"

   "circulate a rumor"

   Synonyms

   broadcastcircularisecircularizecirculatediffusedispersedisseminatedistributespread
10. 10verb

    transmit or cause to broaden or spread

    "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"

11. 11verb

    become distributed or widespread

    "the infection spread"

    "Optimism spread among the population"

    Synonyms

    spread
12. 12verb

    transmit

    "propagate sound or light through air"

13. 13verb

    travel through the air

    "sound and light propagate in this medium"

14. 14verb

    transmit from one generation to the next

    "propagate these characteristics"