propagate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- spread, broadcast, circulate, disseminate, promote, promulgate, publish, transmit
- reproduce, beget, breed, engender, generate, increase, multiply, procreate, produce

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prop‧a‧gate /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt $ ˈprɑː-/ verb formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of propagare 'to breed plants from shoots', from propago 'shoot from which a new plant is produced']

1. [transitive] formal to spread an idea, belief etc to many people:
The group launched a website to propagate its ideas.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you propagate plants, or if they propagate, they start to grow from a parent plant to produce new plants:
Propagate your plants in fresh soil.

3. [transitive] if an animal, insect etc propagates itself or is propagated, it increases in number Synonym : reproduce
—propagation /ˌprɒpəˈɡeɪʃən $ ˌprɑː-/ noun [uncountable]

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