PROPAGATE definition: to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock. See examples of propagate used in a sentence.
PROPAGATED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of propagate 2. to produce a new plant using a parent plant: 3.. Learn more.
If people propagate an idea or piece of information, they spread it and try to make people believe it or support it. They propagated political doctrines that promised to tear apart the fabric of society.
- spread, publish, promote, broadcast, proclaim, transmit, circulate, diffuse, publicize, disseminate, promulgate, make known They propagated subversive political doctrines.
Jan 20, 2026 · propagate (third-person singular simple present propagates, present participle propagating, simple past and past participle propagated) (transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to.
We are discovering new ways to propagate plants without seeds. He propagated the apple tree by grafting.
prop•a•gate /ˈprɑpəˌgeɪt/ v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing. Developmental Biology, Genetics to (cause to) multiply or increase by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock: [~ + object] to propagate.
