propagate

(verb) transmit from one generation to the next. Example: "Propagate these characteristics."

(verb) travel through the air. Example: "Sound and light propagate in this medium."

(verb) transmit. Example: "Propagate sound or light through air."

(verb) become distributed or widespread. Synonyms: spread. Examples: "The infection spread." "Optimism spread among the population."

(verb) transmit or cause to broaden or spread. Example: "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land."

(verb) cause to become widely known. Synonyms: circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around. Examples: "Spread information." "Circulate a rumor." "Broadcast the news."

(verb) cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering.

(verb) multiply sexually or asexually.