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
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
To copy changes in one set of files to the branched copies of the same files, leaving the rest of the branch file intact; to make changes in a target set of files that are identical or functionally equivalent to changes in an originating set of files
If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it. They propagated political doctrines which promised to tear apart the fabric of British society. = disseminate + propagation propa·ga·tion the propagation of true Buddhism
To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light
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
The process of copying one or more files and notifying a service that will receive them The receiving service then stops using any older version of the files and starts using the new file(s) (Search)
multiply sexually or asexually cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"