A Quick and Simple Dictionary

propagate

1. Verb.  (transitive) 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. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
4. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To multiply; to increase.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To generate; to produce.
6. Verb.  (intransitive) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
7. Verb.  (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
8. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.