'Propagate' definitions:
Definition of 'propagate'
From: WordNet
verb
Transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
verb
Travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
verb
Transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
verb
Become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population" [syn: spread, propagate]
verb
Transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
verb
Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around]
verb
Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
verb
Multiply sexually or asexually
Definition of 'Propagate'
From: GCIDE
- Propagate \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. [1913 Webster]
- No need that thou Should'st propagate, already infinite. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Propagate'
From: GCIDE
- Propagate \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The infection was propagated insensibly. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To generate; to produce. [1913 Webster]
- Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse; disseminate; promote. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'propagate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bear,
- beget,
- bestrew,
- breed,
- breed true,
- bring forth,
- broadcast,
- bruit about,
- circulate,
- circumfuse,
- copulate,
- crossbreed,
- cultivate,
- deal out,
- deliver,
- develop,
- diffract,
- diffuse,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispread,
- disseminate,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- engender,
- fan out,
- father,
- generate,
- get,
- grow,
- herald,
- inbreed,
- increase,
- issue,
- make known,
- make love,
- mother,
- multiply,
- noise abroad,
- outbreed,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- proclaim,
- procreate,
- produce,
- proliferate,
- promote,
- promulgate,
- propagandize,
- publicize,
- publish,
- radiate,
- raise,
- reproduce,
- reproduce in kind,
- retail,
- scatter,
- sire,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- spread,
- spread out,
- strew,
- transmit,
- utter