Definition of propagate
- v. t. - 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.
- v. t. - To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue
forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
- v. t. - To spread from person to person; to extend the
knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to
disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the
Christian religion.
- v. t. - To multiply; to increase.
- v. t. - To generate; to produce.
- v. i. - To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied
by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate
rapidly.