Definitions for propagate
Overview of verb propagate
The verb propagate has 8 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
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)
