[v] multiply sexually or asexually, in biology
[v] cause (plants) to propagate, as by grafting or layering
[v] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
[v] transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
[v] become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
[v] transmit, as in physics; "propagate sound or light through air, for example"
[v] travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
[v] transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"