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English to English verb
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transmit from one generation to the next |  | Example: propagate these characteristics
source: wordnet30
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travel through the air | | Example: sound and light propagate in this medium
source: wordnet30
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transmit | | Example: propagate sound or light through air
source: wordnet30
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become distributed or widespread | | Example: the infection spread
Optimism spread among the population
source: wordnet30
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transmit or cause to broaden or spread | | Example: This great civilization was propagated throughout the land
source: wordnet30
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cause to become widely known | | Example: spread information
circulate a rumor
broadcast the news
source: wordnet30
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cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering | | source: wordnet30
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multiply sexually or asexually | | source: wordnet30
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To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree. | | source: webster1913
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To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly. | | source: webster1913
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