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propagate
('pr/A/p/@/,g/eI/t )

verb (v)

  • transmit from one generation to the next(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Propagate these characteristics.
    source: wordnet30
  • travel through the air(verb.motion)
    Example:
    Sound and light propagate in this medium.
    source: wordnet30
  • transmit(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Propagate sound or light through air.
    Synonym:
    bring in
    source: wordnet30
  • become distributed or widespread(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    spread
    source: wordnet30
  • transmit or cause to broaden or spread(verb.contact)
    Example:
    This great civilization was propagated throughout the land.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to become widely known(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering(verb.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • multiply sexually or asexually(verb.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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