propagate

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US /ˈprɑpəˌɡeɪt/ UK /ˈprɒpəɡeɪt/ See IPA manual

verb

Meanings

1

verb
to breed, spread, or transmit widely

Gardeners propagate the plant from leaf cuttings.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to breed, spread, or... spread disseminate breed reproduce transmit multiply proliferate circulate

Opposites

suppress contain stifle extinguish

Word family

Derived forms propagationpropagatorpropagable

Related forms propaganda pagan

Etymology

From Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare ('to set forward, multiply plants by layering, extend'), from propages ('a layer or slip of a plant'), from pro- ('forth') + pangere ('to fasten').

propagare Latin pangere Latin *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European

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# propagate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** ˈprɑpəˌɡeɪt
**IPA (UK):** ˈprɒpəɡeɪt

## Meanings
1. to breed, spread, or transmit widely

## Examples
- Gardeners propagate the plant from leaf cuttings.

## Synonyms
- spread
- disseminate
- breed
- reproduce
- transmit
- multiply
- proliferate
- circulate

## Antonyms
- suppress
- contain
- stifle
- extinguish

## Derived Forms
- propagation
- propagator
- propagable

## Related Forms
- propaganda
- pagan

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: propagare
- Root: pangere
- Root: *peh₂ǵ-

## Etymology
From Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare ('to set forward, multiply plants by layering, extend'), from propages ('a layer or slip of a plant'), from pro- ('forth') + pangere ('to fasten').

## AI Etymology
Propagate is from Latin propagatus, past participle of propagare ('to set forward, multiply plants by layering, extend'), from propages ('a layer or slip of a plant'), from pro- ('forth') + pangere ('to fasten'). Important recorded forms include propagare (Latin), pangere (Latin), and *peh₂ǵ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to breed, spread, or transmit widely. The wider family includes derived forms such as propagation, propagator, and propagable and related words such as propaganda and pagan.

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- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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