propagate definition

1. transmit from one generation to the next
• examples: propagate these characteristics
2. travel through the air
• examples: sound and light propagate in this medium
3. transmit
• examples: propagate sound or light through air
4. transmit or cause to broaden or spread
• examples: This great civilization was propagated throughout the land
5. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
6. multiply sexually or asexually