"propagate" in the verb sense
1. propagate
transmit from one generation to the next
"propagate these characteristics"
2. propagate
travel through the air
"sound and light propagate in this medium"
3. propagate
transmit
"propagate sound or light through air"
4. spread, propagate
become distributed or widespread
"the infection spread"
"Optimism spread among the population"
5. propagate
transmit or cause to broaden or spread
"This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
6. circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
cause to become widely known
"spread information"
"circulate a rumor"
"broadcast the news"
7. propagate
cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
8. propagate
multiply sexually or asexually
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