To continue or multiply the kind by generation or successive production; applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate any species of fruit tree.

To spread; to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

To spread from person to person; to extend; to give birth to, or originate and spread; as, to propagate a story or report.

To carry from place to place; to extend by planting and establishing in places before destitute; as, to propagate the christian religion.

To extend; to increase. Griefs of my own lie heavy in my breast,IV . Which thou wilt propagate.

To generate; to produce. Superstitious notions, propagated in fancy, are hardly ever totally eradicated.

To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. Wild horses propagate in the forests of S. America.