Propagate /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Propagated; p. pr. & vb. n. Propagating

1. 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.
2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
3. 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.

   The infection was propagated insensibly.

4. To multiply; to increase. [Obs.]

   Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate.

5. To generate; to produce.

   Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.

1. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

   No need that thou Should'st propagate, already infinite.