Verb

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

To cause 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 the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate

* Daniel Defoe

The infection was propagated insensibly.

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(obsolete) To multiply; to increase.

* Shakespeare

Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast, / Which thou wilt propagate .

To generate; to produce.

* De Quincey

Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life.

To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

(computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.

(computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.

Verb

(continu)

to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?

Do you want me to continue to unload these?

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Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.

To make last; to prolong.

* , New York, 2001, p.74:

Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?

To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.

* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p.257:

The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].

To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

* Milton

Here to continue , and build up here / A growing empire.

* Bible, Matthew xv. 32

They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

to resume

When will the concert continue ?

(legal) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.

This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.

(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.