propagate
verb /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt/
/ˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they propagate | /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt/ /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it propagates | /ˈprɒpəɡeɪts/ /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪts/ |
| past simple propagated | /ˈprɒpəɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle propagated | /ˈprɒpəɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form propagating | /ˈprɒpəɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈprɑːpəɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] propagate something (formal) to spread an idea, a belief or a piece of information among many people
- Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
- [transitive, intransitive] propagate (something) (specialist) to produce new plants from a parent plant
- The plant can be propagated from seed.
- Plants won't propagate in these conditions.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin propagat- ‘multiplied from layers or shoots’, from the verb propagare; related to propago ‘young shoot’ (from a base meaning ‘fix’).