propagate

v 1: transmit from one generation to the next, of characteristics

2: travel through the air, of sound or light

3: transmit, as in physics; "propagate sound or light through

air, for example"

4: transmit; "This great civilization was propagated throughout

the land"

5: as of information [syn: {circulate}, {circularize}, {circularise},

{distribute}, {disseminate}, {broadcast}, {spread}, {diffuse},

{disperse}, {pass around}]

6: cause (plants) to propagate, as by grafting or layering

7: multiply sexually or asexually, in biology