PROPAGATE

[verb] - to produce a new plant from a parent plant, or (formal) (of a plant or animal) to reproduceMost house plants can be propagated from stem cuttings. [T]Many plants propagate themselves using the wind to carry their seeds. [T]The plant needs certain conditions to propagate. [I]Some single-celled animals propagate by division rather than sexual reproduction. [I](formal) To propagate opinions, lies or religions is to spread them among a lot of people.The government tried to propagate the belief that this is a decent war.Such lies are propagated in the media.