Associations to the word «Propagate»

PROPAGATE, verb. (transitive) 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.

PROPAGATE, verb. (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

PROPAGATE, verb. (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate

PROPAGATE, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To multiply; to increase.

PROPAGATE, verb. (transitive) To generate; to produce.

PROPAGATE, verb. (intransitive) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

PROPAGATE, verb. (intransitive) (computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

PROPAGATE, verb. (transitive) (computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

PROPAGATE, verb. Transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics".

PROPAGATE, verb. Travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium".

PROPAGATE, verb. Transmit; "propagate sound or light through air".

PROPAGATE, verb. Become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population".

PROPAGATE, verb. Transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land".

PROPAGATE, verb. Cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news".

PROPAGATE, verb. Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering.

PROPAGATE, verb. Multiply sexually or asexually.