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PROPAGATE

Definition:

1. [verb] transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
   
   
2. [verb] travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
   
   
3. [verb] transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
   
   
4. [verb] become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
   Synonyms: spread
   
   
5. [verb] transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
   
   
6. [verb] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
   Synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
   
   
7. [verb] cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
   
   
8. [verb] multiply sexually or asexually
   
   

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Related Words:

• catch
• sow, sough
• popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
• carry, run
• inoculate
• vegetate

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