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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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