1. spread or promoted widely
Usage: past tense of propagate
2. reproduced or multiplied by natural processes
Usage: past tense of propagate; biology
3. transmitted through a medium
Usage: past tense of propagate; physics

Examples

• The rumor was quickly propagated through social media.
• Scientists propagated the virus in laboratory conditions.
• The gardener propagated new plants from cuttings.
• Radio waves are propagated through the atmosphere.
• The idea was propagated by influential thinkers.
• Sound waves propagated through the water.
• The species propagated rapidly in the new environment.