Topic: GARDENING
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of propagare 'to breed plants from shoots', from propago 'shoot from which a new plant is produced' |
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prop‧a‧gate
formal
formal1 [transitive] formal to spread an idea, belief etc to many people :
2 [intransitive and transitive]TACDLG if you propagate plants, or if they propagate, they start to grow from a parent plant to produce new plants : Propagate your plants in fresh soil.
Propagate your plants in fresh soil.3 [transitive]HB if an animal, insect, etc propagates itself or is propagated, it increases in number [= reproduce]
—propagation noun [uncountable]
noun [uncountable]