propagate
verb
[ ˈprɒpəɡeɪt ]
• breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock.
• "try propagating your own houseplants from cuttings"
• spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely.
• "the French propagated the idea that the English were drunkards"
Similar:
spread,
disseminate,
communicate,
pass on,
put about,
make known,
promulgate,
circulate,
transmit,
distribute,
broadcast,
publish,
publicize,
proclaim,
preach,
promote,
propagandize,
• (with reference to motion, light, sound, etc.) transmit or be transmitted in a particular direction or through a medium.
• "electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin propagat- ‘multiplied from layers or shoots’, from the verb propagare ; related to propago ‘young shoot’ (from a base meaning ‘fix’).
