- 1[transitive] propagate something (formal) to spread an idea, a belief, or a piece of information among many people Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
- 2[transitive, intransitive] propagate (something) (technology) to produce new plants from a parent plant The plant can be propagated from seed. Plants won't propagate in these conditions.
propagate
verbNAmE//ˈprɑpəˌɡeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they propagate he / she / it propagates
past simple propagated
-ing form propagating
NAmE//ˌprɑpəˈɡeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable]See propagate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: propagate