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Meaning of propagate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  propagate
      v 1: transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these
           characteristics"
      2: travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this
         medium"
      3: transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
      4: become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread";
         "Optimism spread among the population" [syn: {spread},
         {propagate}]
      5: transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great
         civilization was propagated throughout the land"
      6: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
         "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [syn: {circulate},
         {circularize}, {circularise}, {distribute}, {disseminate},
         {propagate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse}, {disperse},
         {pass around}]
      7: cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
      8: multiply sexually or asexually

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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