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propagate

  • verb
  • /ˈpɹɒpəˌɡeɪt/

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.

Other meanings

  1. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.

    “to propagate sound or light”

  2. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.

Related words

  • backpropagate
  • counterpropagate
  • micropropagate
  • propagative
  • propagatory
  • propagon
  • micropropagated
  • unpropagated
  • copropagating
  • nonpropagating
  • propagation
  • propagator

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “propagate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.