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| 1. | [ verb ] cause (plants) to propagate, as by grafting or layering | |
| Related terms: | process inoculate plant propagator | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cause to become widely known | |
| Synonyms: | disseminate spread circulate distribute diffuse pass_around disperse broadcast circularise circularize | |
| Examples: | "spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news" |
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| Related terms: | publicize canvass carry sow popularize bandy_about go_around broadcast dissemination broadcast propagation scatter dispersion dissemination circular spread circulation propagator go_around | |
| 3. | [ verb ] transmit or cause to broaden or spread | |
| Examples: | "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land" |
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| Related terms: | spread propagation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (physics) transmit, as in physics | |
| Examples: | "propagate sound or light through air, for example" |
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| Related terms: | transmit | |
| 5. | [ verb ] travel through the air | |
| Examples: | "sound and light propagate in this medium" |
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| Related terms: | travel propagation | |
| 6. | [ verb ] transmit from one generation to the next | |
| Examples: | "propagate these characteristics" |
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| Related terms: | pass_on generation | |
| 7. | [ verb ] become distributed or widespread | |
| Synonyms: | spread | |
| Examples: | "the infection spread" "Optimism spread among the population" |
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| Related terms: | move catch spread | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (biology) multiply sexually or asexually, in biology | |
| Related terms: | reproduce vegetate biology | |
| Similar spelling: |
propagative propagator propaganda propagation propagandize propagandist propagandise prophase Propst |
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