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propagate Definition

propa·gate (präp′ə gāt′)

transitive verb -·gat′ed, -·gat′·ing

  1. to cause (a plant or animal) to reproduce itself; raise or breed
  2. to reproduce (itself); multiply: said of a plant or animal
  3. to transmit (hereditary characteristics) by reproduction
  4. to spread (ideas, customs, etc.) from one person or place to another
  5. to transmit (esp. sound waves or electromagnetic radiation) through a medium

Etymology: < L propagatus, pp. of propagare, to peg down, set < propago, slip for transplanting < pro-, before + pag-, base of pangere, to fasten: see peace

intransitive verb

to reproduce or multiply, as plants or animals

propagate Related Forms

prop′a·ga′·tive (-gāt′iv) adjective prop′a·ga′·tor noun

propagate Synonyms

propagate

v.

  1. To beget

    breed, engender, create, originate, father, sire, procreate, multiply, generate, produce, reproduce, deliver, give birth.

  2. To spread

    disseminate, diffuse, develop; see scatter 1, 2.

propagate Usage Examples

Object

  • myth: Third, the link is sustained by propagating a myth.
  • rumor: Security intervened and propagated the unsubstantiated rumor that exams were taking place in the building so we had to be quiet!
  • anomaly: Martin showed that HadCM3 has propagating salinity anomalies that look very similar to the observed " great salinity anomaly " .
  • wave: It is shown that a strong enough flow can originate backward propagating waves.
  • pulse: GPR operates by propagating electromagnetic pulses into the ground or structure.
  • hatred: To attack falsehood is to them to propagate hatred, yet they are often the people who hate, and not their critics.

Subject

  • cutting: It can be propagated by cuttings, plant division or seed.
  • division: Can be propagated by division or cuttings - do not cover.
  • seed: It can be propagated by seed in the spring or divided in the autumn or spring.

Modifying Another Word

  • vegetatively: Many of the plants held are the direct, genetically identical descendants propagated vegetatively over generations from the original introductions.
  • westward: Six-day westward propagating wave in the maximum electron density of the ionosphere.
  • artificially: False declarations of species having been captive-bred or artificially propagated is the second most common type of CITES fraud.
  • upwards: Show how this ' hypothesis ' is propagated upwards in the inference network.

Followed by an intransitive particle

through: Many of the small scale faint spurious images visible in the pixel data do not in fact propagate through to the IAM data.

Preposition: from

  • cutting: Angel's Trumpet's are very easy to propagate from cuttings provided you apply the right methods.
  • seed: I supply full-grown plants, propagated from seed, cuttings or division.

Preposition: for

reintroductions: Plants should also be propagated for reintroductions if necessary.

Preposition: by

  • cutting: It can be propagated by cuttings, plant division or seed.
  • seed: It can be propagated by seed in the spring or divided in the autumn or spring.
  • division: Can be propagated by division or cuttings - do not cover.