PROP'AGATE, v.t. [L. propago. See Prop. The Latin noun propago, is the English prop, and the termination ago, as in cartilago, &c. The sense of the noun is that which is set or thrust in.] 1. To continue or multiply the kind by generation or successive production; applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate any species of fruit tree.2. To spread; to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.3. To spread from person to person; to extend; to give birth to, or originate and spread; as, to propagate a story or report.4. To carry from place to place; to extend by planting and establishing in places before destitute; as, to propagate the christian religion.5. To extend; to increase. Griefs of my own lie heavy in my breast, Which thou wilt propagate.6. To generate; to produce. Superstitious notions, propagated in fancy, are hardly ever totally eradicated.PROP'AGATE, v.i. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. Wild horses propagate in the forests of S. America.
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