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Add to word list. to produce a new plant from a parent plant, or of a plant or animal to reproduce. To propagate ideas, opinions, or customs is to spread them among people, or to spread them to other places. (Definition of propagate from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The origins of propagate are firmly rooted in the field of horticulture. The word is a 16th century Latin borrowing, ultimately from the verb propagare, which means "to set (onto a plant) a small shoot or twig cut for planting or grafting."
PROPAGATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of propagate 2. to produce a new plant using a parent plant: 3…. Learn more.
to spread (a report, doctrine, practice, etc.) from person to person; disseminate. to cause to increase in number or amount. to create (an effect) at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit: to propagate sound.
propagate verb (GROW) [ T ] to produce a new plant using a parent plant: Most house plants can be propagated from stem cuttings. [ I or T ] formal. (of a plant or animal) to produce young plants or animals: Plants need certain conditions to propagate. The female crab needs to be saved to propagate the species.
to multiply by any process of natural reproduction, as organisms; breed. 8. to increase in extent, as a structural flaw. The crack will propagate only to this joint. 9. (of electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc.) to travel through space or a physical medium.
Definition of propagate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Propagated definition: (of an organism) multiplied by any process of reproduction from the parent stock. See examples of PROPAGATED used in a sentence.
The easiest way to propagate a vine is to take hardwood cuttings. [VERB noun] The pasque flower can be propagated from seed. [be VERB -ed + from] [ Also V n + from] Synonyms: produce, generate, engender, increase More Synonyms of propagate. propagation uncountable noun.
Examples of propagation in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The methods Ebury uses to propagate ESET One of the most notable propagation methods is Ebury using its presence inside data centers to perform AitM attacks at scale on servers deemed to be high value.
