propagate in WordNet English dictionary

1. cause to become widely known
   "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
   circulate  circularize  circularise  distribute  disseminate  propagate  broadcast  spread  diffuse  disperse  pass around 
   
2. multiply sexually or asexually
   propagate 
   
3. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
   propagate 
   
4. transmit
   "propagate sound or light through air"
   propagate 
   
5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread
   "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
   propagate 
   
6. become distributed or widespread
   "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
   spread  propagate 
   
7. travel through the air
   "sound and light propagate in this medium"
   propagate 
   
8. transmit from one generation to the next
   "propagate these characteristics"
   propagate