propagate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 References 2 Italian 2.1 Verb

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɹɒpəˌgeɪt/, SAMPA: /"prQp@%geIt/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈpɹɑpəˌgeɪt/, SAMPA: /"prAp@%geIt/

[edit] Verb

to propagate (third-person singular simple present propagates, present participle propagating, simple past and past participle propagated)

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
3. (transitive) 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.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To multiply; to increase.
5. (transitive) To generate; to produce.
6. (intransitive) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
7. (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

   It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.

8. (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

   The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.

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[edit] References

• propagate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

propagate

1. Second-person plural present tense of propagare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of propagare.
3. Feminine plural of propagato.