PROPAGATE


Meaning of PROPAGATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-pə-ˌgāt ]

verb

( -gat·ed ; -gat·ing )

Etymology: Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare to set slips, propagate, from propages slip, offspring, from pro- before + pangere to fasten — more at pro- , pact

Date: circa 1570

transitive verb

1. : to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction

2. : to pass along to offspring

3.

a. : to cause to spread out and affect a greater number or greater area : extend

b. : to foster growing knowledge of, familiarity with, or acceptance of (as an idea or belief) : publicize

c. : to transmit (as sound or light) through a medium

intransitive verb

1. : to multiply sexually or asexually

2. : increase , extend

3. : to travel through space or a material — used of wave energy (as light, sound, or radio waves)

• prop·a·ga·tive -ˌgā-tiv adjective

• prop·a·ga·tor -ˌgā-tər noun

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