Meaning & use
propagate
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To spread and promote something, such as an idea or disease, or to grow new plants from a parent plant.
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Social media helped propagate the rumor within hours.
You can propagate a pothos plant by placing a cutting in water.
A note on using this word
Used in biology for reproducing plants, and more broadly for spreading ideas, beliefs, or signals.
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spreaddisseminate
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