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propagate (v.)
1560s, "to cause to multiply," from Latin
propagatus
, past participle of
propagare
"to set forward, extend, procreate" (see
propagation
). Intransitive sense "reproduce one's kind" is from c. 1600. Related:
Propagated
;
propagating
.