1. To reproduce; to generate. 2. To move along a fiber, e.g., propagation of the nerve impulse. [L. propago, pp. -atus, to generate, reproduce]
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1) to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
2) to cause to spread or to be transmitted vi to multiply sexually or asexually
prop·a·ga·ble 'präp-ə-gə-bəl adj
prop·a·ga·tive -.gāt-iv adj
Medical dictionary. 2011.