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propagate

verb as in spread, make known

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The second type of self-disseminating vaccine, the transmissible one, consists of live modified viruses that propagate a weakened form of a disease.

Emotionally charged prejudices are propagated from generation to generation by parental and adult authority and by the use of myths and symbols.

The lie started out as a rumor, which was first picked up and propagated by the American PR firm Hill & Knowlton.

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The precise history of these self-propagating stories here on Earth is excruciatingly hard to decode because what we see are the successes.

If recombination happened earlier than supposed due to the clumping effect of magnetic fields, then sound waves couldn’t have propagated as far beforehand, and the resulting blobs would be smaller.

Anti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.

Online, commenters seeking a way in or claiming to have visited the site propagate stories about the Cold War bunker.

Those who propagate it are considered paranoids or activists with an axe to grind.

Neocon supporters of Netanyahu like David Frum propagate this view as well.

He was stern but never oppressive – we knew abuse of power and would not propagate it in our personal lives.

These animals prefer cold countries, but can subsist and propagate in temperate ones.

If they could propagate their own they would be more likely to plant them.

June is also the proper time to propagate pinks and carnations by pipings.

In the species of the hen and pigeon, a great number of races have been very lately produced, all of which propagate their kinds.

It is a mutual action of male and female, with instruments ordained for that purpose to propagate their kind.

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On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to propagate, such as: inseminate, multiply, proliferate, bear, beget, and engender.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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