Verb
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"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"7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
8. multiply sexually or asexually