[ US /ˈpɹɑpəˌɡeɪt/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɒpɐɡˌe‍ɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. transmit
    propagate sound or light through air
  2. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
  3. cause to become widely known
    spread information
    circulate a rumor
    broadcast the news
  4. transmit or cause to broaden or spread
    This great civilization was propagated throughout the land
  5. transmit from one generation to the next
    propagate these characteristics
  6. multiply sexually or asexually
  7. become distributed or widespread
    Optimism spread among the population
    the infection spread
  8. travel through the air
    sound and light propagate in this medium
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How To Use propagate In A Sentence

  • In 1936 a Polish Anthropologist named Sula Benet discovered that in the original Hebrew text of the Old Testament the word "kaneh bosm" had been translated as calamus by the Greeks when they first rendered the Books in the 3rd century B.C., and then propagated as such in all future translations from the Greek as Hebrew ceased to be a spoken language, not again revived until the 1800's. Phelps and Obama-- leading the way Towards legalizing Marijuana.
  • They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society.
  • These were monitoring variables like humidity and temperature, information that is invaluable to the horticulturalists attempting to propagate the trees.
  • Both major political parties propagate myths about young people.
  • The gambier plant is propagated either by seeds or cuttings, but the latter are preferred. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, o
  • Scientists were hoping to propagate the best qualities of both types of sheep.
  • Thus in the case of any electrified body, acting on an unelectrified body at a distance, it has to be definitely understood that _the action at a distance_ is alone communicated and propagated by the dielectric or medium which exists between the two bodies. Aether and Gravitation
  • Plants are propagated from cuttings fastened to the ground.
  • These factors allow the organism to propagate and acclimate to the host's internal environment.
  • As the signal propagates down a path, the voltage magnitude is related to the effective impedance up to the point in the signal's flight.
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