propagate
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to propagate (third-person singular simple present propagates, present participle propagating, simple past and past participle propagated)
- (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.
- (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
- (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.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To multiply; to increase.
- (transitive) To generate; to produce.
- (intransitive) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
- (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
- It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
- (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
- The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.
[edit] Translations
cause to continue or multiply by generation
spread from person to person
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to multiply; to increase
to generate; to produce
to have young or issue
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[edit] References
- propagate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Italian
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propagate
- Second-person plural present tense of propagare.
- Second-person plural imperative of propagare.
- Feminine plural of propagato.

