Meaning of PROPAGATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâpu`geyt
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- [v] multiply sexually or asexually, in biology
- [v] cause (plants) to propagate, as by grafting or layering
- [v] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
- [v] transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
- [v] become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
- [v] transmit, as in physics; "propagate sound or light through air, for example"
- [v] travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
- [v] transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
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| | Synonyms: | | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, spread |
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| | See Also: | | air, bare, carry, catch, channel, channelise, channelize, distribute, generalise, generalize, go, go around, inoculate, locomote, move, move, multiply, pass on, popularise, popularize, procreate, propagate, publicise, publicize, reproduce, run, sough, sow, spread, transfer, transmit, transport, travel, vegetate, vulgarise, vulgarize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Prop"a*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Propagated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Propagating}.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of
propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of
a plant, slip, shoot. See {Pro-}, and cf. {Pact}, {Prop},
{Prune}, v. t.]
1. 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. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward
in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
3. 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.
The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe.
4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which
thou wilt propagate. --Shak.
5. To generate; to produce.
Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
--De Quincey.
Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse;
disseminate; promote.
\Prop"a*gate\, v. i.
To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by
generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate
rapidly.
No need that thou Should'st propagate, already
infinite. --Milton.
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| | Definition: | | To produce seedlings for revegetation work by germinating seeds, growing cuttings, or using some other method to encourage plant reproduction and growth. |
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