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   Propagate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Propagated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Propagating.] [L. propagatus, p. p. of propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of a plant, slip, shoot. See Pro-, and cf. Pact, Prop, Prune, v. t.]
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   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.
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   To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
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   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.
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   The infection was propagated insensibly.
   De Foe.
   
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   To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]
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   Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
   Which thou wilt propagate.
   Shak.
   
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   To generate; to produce.
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   Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.
   De Quincey.
   
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   Syn. -- To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse; disseminate; promote.
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   Propagate, v. i. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
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   No need that thou
   Should'st propagate, already infinite.
   Milton.
   
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