Verb

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(propagate)

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.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=December 19 , author=Kerry Brown , title=Kim Jong-il obituary , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=The DPRK propagated an extraordinary tale of his birth occurring on Mount Baekdu, one of Korea's most revered sites, being accompanied by shooting stars in the sky. It is more likely that he was born in a small village in the USSR, while his father was serving as a Soviet-backed general during the second world war.}}

(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

(head)

(promote)

Verb

(promot)

To raise (someone) to a more important, responsible, or remunerative job or rank.

He promoted his clerk to office manager.

Having crossed the chessboard, his pawn was promoted to a queen.

To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.

They promoted the abolition of daylight saving time.

They promoted the new film with giant billboards.

To encourage, urge or incite

{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=5 , so that finding myself on the point of going, and loath to leave the tender partner of my joys behind me, I employed all the forwarding motions and arts my experience suggested to me, to promote his keeping me company to our journey's end}}

To elevate to the above league.

At the end of the season, three teams are promoted to the Premier League.

(label) To increase the activity of a catalyst by changing its surface structure

(label) To exchange a pawn for a queen or other piece when it reaches the 8th rank