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Verbs
(v)propagatetransmit from one generation to the next“propagate these characteristics” (v)propagatetravel through the air“sound and light propagate in this medium” (v)propagatetransmit“propagate sound or light through air” (v)spread, propagatebecome distributed or widespread“the infection spread”,
“Optimism spread among the population” (v)propagatetransmit or cause to broaden or spread“This great civilization was propagated throughout the land” (v)circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass aroundcause to become widely known“spread information”,
“circulate a rumor”,
“broadcast the news” (v)propagatecause to propagate, as by grafting or layering