1 [VN] (formal) to spread an idea, a belief or a piece of information among many people:
Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family.
2 (technical) to produce new plants from a parent plant:
[VN] The plant can be propagated from seed. * [V] Plants won't propagate in these conditions.
propagation noun [U]
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