propagate


propagate (http://definr.com/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: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
        "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [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