Definition for Propagate:

• prop'a-g[= a]t, v.t. to increase by generation or other natural process: to multiply plants by layers: to extend: to produce: to impel forward in space, as sound, light, energy, & c.: to spread from one to another: to promote: to extend the knowledge of: ( obs.) to increase.-- v.i. to be produced or multiplied: to have young.-- adj. PROP'AGABLE, that can be propagated or increased by generation or other natural process.-- ns. PROPAGAN'DA, PROP'AGAND, a committee ( congregatio de propaganda fide) at Rome charged with the management of the R.C. missions: any association for the spread of opinions and principles, esp. such as are opposed to the existing government; PROPAGAND'ISM, practice of propagating tenets or principles: zeal in spreading one's opinions: proselytism; PROPAGAND'IST, one who devotes himself to propagandism; PROPAG[= A]' TION, act of propagating: the spreading or extension of anything, as light, sound, energy, & c.: increase: enlargement.-- adj. PROP'AG[= A]TIVE.-- ns. PROP'AG[= A]TOR; PROPAGAT[= O]' RIUM ( biol.), the reproductive apparatus.-- adj. PROP'AG[= A]TORY.-- ns. PROP[= A]' GO, a layer or branch laid down to root; PROPAG'[= U]LUM, a runner or sucker ending in an expanded bud: a gemma or bud affecting asexual propagation in many algæ. [ L. prop[= a]g[= a]re, -[= a]tum, conn. with pro-p[= a]g-o, a layer.]

Synonyms for Propagate:

• n.

  •
  • father,
  • originate,
  • tell,
  • create,
  • let someone know,
  • brief,
  • give someone to understand (that),
  • relay,
  • sire,
  • point out,
  • deliver,
  • divulge,
  • report,
  • advise.
  •
  • bonsai,
  • cross-pollinate,
  • bed out,
  • drill,
  • feed,
  • develop,
  • compost,
  • aerate,
  • deadhead,
  • cross-fertilize.
  •
  • cell wall,
  • culture medium,
  • culture,
  • cellular,
  • chloroplast,
  • cell membrane,
  • cell,
  • care for,
  • cytology.
  •
  • blaze,
  • noise,
  • knowledge.
  •broadcast (noun)
  • broadcast.
  •circularise (noun)
  • circularise.
  •circularize (noun)
  • circularize.
  •diffuse (noun)
  • diffuse.
  •distribute (noun)
  • distribute.
  •pass around (noun)
  • pass around.
  •propagate (noun)
  • spread.

• v.

  •bear (verb)
  • being delivered of,
  • in vents,
  • are delivered of,
  • brought forth,
  • were delivered of,
  • in-venting,
  • pro vides,
  • pro-vide,
  • parturitated,
  • am delivered of,
  • in-vents,
  • art delivered of,
  • brings forth,
  • in-vent,
  • parturitates,
  • pro-vided,
  • pro-vides,
  • wast delivered of,
  • in vented,
  • pro-viding,
  • was delivered of,
  • wert delivered of,
  • parturitating,
  • pro vide,
  • is delivered of,
  • pro vided,
  • in venting,
  • in-vented,
  • pro viding,
  • in vent.
  •beget (verb)
  • pro generating,
  • be getting,
  • progenerating,
  • pro generate,
  • pro-generates,
  • results in,
  • be-gotten,
  • pro generates,
  • progenerates,
  • pro-generated,
  • pro generated,
  • pro-generate,
  • progenerated,
  • be-getting,
  • be gotten,
  • pro-generating.
  •body (verb)
  • propagate.
  •breed (verb)
  • de-livered,
  • in-duces,
  • in duce,
  • in-duce,
  • in duces,
  • de livers,
  • de-livering,
  • de-liver,
  • de-livers,
  • de liver,
  • giving birth to,
  • de livered,
  • de livering.
  •breed, reproduce (verb)
  • inseminate,
  • mother,
  • fecundate,
  • make pregnant,
  • bear,
  • procreate.
  •bruit (verb)
  • spread word,
  • spreads word,
  • spreading word,
  • spreads the word.
  •circulate (verb)
  • ex-changing,
  • dis-tribute,
  • ex changing,
  • inter views,
  • inter viewed,
  • ex-changed,
  • ex change,
  • dis-tributes,
  • dis tributes,
  • ex changed,
  • re-porting,
  • re-ported,
  • dis tribute,
  • inter view,
  • inter-viewing,
  • inter viewing,
  • ex changes,
  • inter-viewed,
  • inter-view,
  • re porting,
  • inter-views,
  • re ported.
  •cultivate (verb)
  • pre-paring,
  • pre pare,
  • pre paring,
  • pre-pare,
  • pre pared,
  • pre-pared,
  • pre pares.
  •disperse (verb)
  • dis-appearing,
  • dis perse,
  • taking in all directions,
  • takes off in all directions,
  • dis missed,
  • takes all directions,
  • dis-banding,
  • dis banded,
  • dis-missing,
  • took directions,
  • dis-perse,
  • take all directions,
  • be-sprinkled,
  • take in directions,
  • sent off,
  • took all directions,
  • take in all directions,
  • be sprinkling,
  • dis-charge,
  • dis lodged,
  • dis solves,
  • take off directions,
  • sending off,
  • dis lodges,
  • be sprinkle,
  • takes off all directions,
  • dis-solved,
  • dis banding,
  • dis-lodge,
  • dis-solves,
  • dis appear,
  • took in all directions,
  • dis solved,
  • dis band,
  • dis missing,
  • dis-appears,
  • dis-bands,
  • dis charging,
  • dis-charges,
  • measuring out,
  • dis-lodged,
  • dis-solving,
  • dis-banded,
  • be sprinkles,
  • be-sprinkle,
  • casting forth,
  • taking off directions,
  • dis-appeared,
  • takes off directions,
  • dis-band,
  • dis appears,
  • dis-lodging,
  • take off all directions,
  • taking off in all directions,
  • took off all directions,
  • dis burses,
  • takes off in directions,
  • be-sprinkling,
  • dis bands,
  • measures out,
  • dis lodging,
  • dis-charged,
  • dis burse,
  • taking off all directions,
  • taking all directions,
  • take directions,
  • took off in directions,
  • taking directions,
  • dis charge,
  • dis solve,
  • dis-missed,
  • took off in all directions,
  • take off in directions,
  • be-sprinkles,
  • taking in directions,
  • dis-burse,
  • dis charged,
  • dis-appear,
  • dis appearing,
  • casts forth,
  • dis lodge,
  • took in directions,
  • dis-burses,
  • dis-lodges,
  • takes in directions,
  • dis solving,
  • dis-solve,
  • took off directions,
  • dis appeared,
  • be sprinkled,
  • dis charges,
  • takes directions,
  • measured out,
  • sends off,
  • taking off in directions,
  • dis-charging,
  • takes in all directions.
  •disseminate (verb)
  • disjecting,
  • pro-claims,
  • pro claiming,
  • pro-claiming,
  • pro claims,
  • de-clares,
  • disjects,
  • disjected,
  • pro claim,
  • de clare,
  • pro claimed,
  • de clares,
  • de-clare.
  •engender (verb)
  • ex-cite,
  • in cites,
  • ex cited,
  • ex cites,
  • ex cite,
  • in-cited,
  • ex-cited,
  • ex-cites,
  • in-cite,
  • in cite,
  • ex citing.
  •fertilize (verb)
  • top drest,
  • topdress,
  • making fruitful,
  • top dress,
  • top-drest,
  • top dressed,
  • makes pregnant,
  • topdrest,
  • topdressing,
  • top-dressing,
  • top dresses,
  • top-dresses,
  • made fruitful,
  • makes fruitful,
  • Top-dressed,
  • topdresses.
  •further (verb)
  • opened doors,
  • worked for,
  • give boost to,
  • gave boost to,
  • lending hand,
  • giving boost to,
  • lent a hand,
  • works for,
  • taking care of,
  • gives a boost to,
  • lends hand,
  • opening doors,
  • lent hand,
  • working for,
  • lends a hand,
  • wrought for,
  • lend hand,
  • lending a hand,
  • gave a boost to,
  • gives boost to,
  • giving a boost to,
  • pro-moting,
  • pro-mote,
  • opens doors,
  • pro moting,
  • pro-motes.
  •generate (verb)
  • bring pass,
  • intro duce,
  • intro-duces,
  • intro duces,
  • intro-duce.
  •graft (verb)
  • in-graft,
  • ingrafts,
  • in grafting,
  • in grafts,
  • in graft,
  • in-grafts,
  • in-grafted,
  • in-grafting,
  • in grafted,
  • in-sert,
  • in sert.
  •grow (verb)
  • ex tending,
  • coming be,
  • ex tend,
  • sprang up,
  • be-coming,
  • sprung up,
  • ex-tending,
  • gat taller,
  • ex tends,
  • gat bigger,
  • ex tended,
  • getting taller,
  • gotten bigger,
  • in-creases,
  • be-come,
  • ex-tends,
  • in-crease,
  • in-creased,
  • ex-tended,
  • gets taller,
  • popping up,
  • came be,
  • came to be,
  • in crease,
  • comes to be,
  • gets bigger,
  • in creases,
  • be come,
  • be came,
  • bursted forth,
  • ex-tend,
  • in creasing,
  • come be,
  • got taller,
  • be-came,
  • gotten taller,
  • be-comes,
  • springing up,
  • popped up,
  • springs up,
  • comes be,
  • be comes.
  •produce (verb)
  • de-vised,
  • gives forth,
  • de vise,
  • de-sign,
  • showed fruit,
  • pre sent,
  • pro duces,
  • de signs,
  • de-signed,
  • re-turned,
  • shows fruit,
  • pre-sents,
  • Re-turn,
  • de-vising,
  • gave birth,
  • de-signing,
  • de vising,
  • de signing,
  • de vised,
  • de-vise,
  • gives birth,
  • re-turns,
  • pro-duces,
  • pre-sent,
  • re turn,
  • pro duce,
  • de signed,
  • de sign,
  • re turns,
  • showing fruit,
  • gave forth,
  • re turning,
  • re-turning,
  • pro-duce,
  • de-signs.
  •proliferate (verb)
  • grew rapidly,
  • grows rapidly,
  • growing rapidly.
  •radiate (verb)
  • lighting up,
  • shoots out,
  • lights up.
  •raise (verb)
  • drags up,
  • fetched up,
  • dragging up,
  • fetching up,
  • dragged up,
  • fetches up.
  •rear (verb)
  • caring for.
  •reproduce (verb)
  • re produce,
  • re producing,
  • producing young,
  • re populate,
  • re-producing,
  • re produced,
  • re-populate,
  • re produces,
  • re populating,
  • produces young,
  • re populates,
  • re-populated,
  • re-produced,
  • re populated,
  • re-produces,
  • produced young,
  • re-produce,
  • re-populating,
  • re-populates.
  •spread (verb)
  • makes public,
  • makes known.
  •spread, make known (verb)
  • publish,
  • scatter,
  • publicize,
  • transmit,
  • proclaim,
  • strew.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • blazon,
  • advertise.
  •
  • spawn.
  •
  • promulgate,
  • impregnate.
  •
  • increase.
  •bruit
  • Noised,
  • spreading the word,
  • Noising,
  • spread the word.
  •disperse
  • Besprinkling,
  • cast forth,
  • besprinkles,
  • send off,
  • scatters,
  • Besprinkled,
  • measure out,
  • besprinkle,
  • take off in all directions.
  •fertilize
  • Mulching,
  • lime,
  • making pregnant,
  • Manuring,
  • limes,
  • topdressed,
  • Manured,
  • made pregnant,
  • composted,
  • top dressing,
  • Mulched,
  • Top-dress,
  • make fruitful,
  • Liming,
  • Limed,
  • composting.
  •procreate
  • Mothering,
  • Mothered.
  •produce
  • giving birth,
  • giving forth,
  • authoring,
  • produces,
  • authored,
  • give forth,
  • give birth,
  • flowered,
  • show fruit.
  •rear
  • cares for,
  • cared for.
  •reproduce
  • repopulates,
  • repopulating,
  • repopulate,
  • repopulated,
  • produce young.
  •sow
  • put in,
  • putting in,
  • puts in.

Paraphrases for Propagate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Propagated.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Propagating.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Propagating.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    promotional, propaganda.
  • Adverb
    propaganda.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    advertise, advocate, preach, circulate.
  • Verb, base form
    propogate, publicize, impart, popularize, proliferate, advertise, promulgate, advocate, expand, communicate, preach, extend, circulate, broadcast, convey, propaganda, peddle, stir, scatter, divulge.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    multiply.

Antonyms for Propagate:

• v.

  • breed, reproduce
    finish, kill, reduce, stop, result, destroy, halt, diminish, hide, conceal, lessen, decrease, deplete.
  • spread, make known
    gather, collect.
  • Other antonyms:
    limit, secrete, contain, enshroud, cloak, veil, mask, obscure, shroud, restrict, hold.

Propagate Sentence Examples:

• Now is the time to set aside, nay, to forget altogether, minor considerations regarding our internal relationships, and to present a solid united front to the world animated by no other desire but to serve and propagate His Cause.

• Yet the elementals are not spirits, because they have flesh, blood, and bones; they live and propagate offspring; they eat and talk, act and sleep, etc.

Hypernym for Propagate:

• v.

  • body
    vegetate, inoculate.

Hyponym for Propagate:

• v.

  • body
    multiply, process, treat, procreate, reproduce.
  • contact
    transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise, distribute, transmit, spread.
  • motion
    go, travel, locomote, move.
  • possession
    pass on.