propagev.
/prəʊˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈprəʊpɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˌproʊˈpeɪdʒ/, /ˈproʊpɪdʒ/ Now chiefly U.S.
transitive and intransitive = propagate v.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)]
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to make a baby1911
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (reflexive)]
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1695 S. Patrick Comm. Genesis 17 [The plants] at the beginning were brought out of the Earth, with their Seed in them, to propage them ever after.
1739 Bradley's New Improvem. Planting & Gardening (ed. 7) i. viii. 142 The Sea Pinks make good Edgings for long Walks, and may be propaged after the same manner as the former.
1759 B. Martin New & Comprehensive Syst. Philol. I. 362 These principles were likewise imbibed and propaged by Celestus.
1845 Times 3 Oct. 15/5 It was published..as one of the most effectual counteractions of Popish principles which were then industriously propaged.
1956 Bennington (Vermont) Evening Banner 4 Sept. 10/4 To destroy the spawning ground is to destroy the type of fish which propage therefrom.
1970 Jrnl. Physics A 3 412-6 The steady-state structure of an ionizing current layer..propaging into a cold unionized gas is examined.
1975 Jrnl. National Cancer Inst. 56 523 No alterations were found with corresponding cells propaged in vitro and submitted to the same treatments.
1991 A. Fine et al. PSA 1990 II. 553 The propagation ‘backward in time’ of a quantum particle as its anti-paricle propaging ‘forward in time’.
1997 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 12 Jan. Barry..stops at a blue Chinese fir with prickly needles that he propaged from one he saw 12 years ago during a trip to China.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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