Propagate

(verb.) multiply sexually or asexually.

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

(verb.) transmit or cause to broaden or spread; 'This great civilization was propagated throughout the land'.

(verb.) transmit; 'propagate sound or light through air'.

(verb.) travel through the air; 'sound and light propagate in this medium'.

(verb.) transmit from one generation to the next; 'propagate these characteristics'.

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• From the strong principle of inheritance, any selected variety will tend to propagate its new and modified form. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• I took with me six cows and two bulls alive, with as many ewes and rams, intending to carry them into my own country, and propagate the breed. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The author thought that the revelation of the structure of the heavens naturally tended to propagate the principles of virtue and vindicate the laws of Providence. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• By careful selection, many strange varieties have been propagated. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These bud variations, as they may be named, can be propagated by grafts, offsets, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• They were propagated with all that enthusiastic zeal which commonly animates the spirit of party, when it attacks established authority. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• To prevent the breed of our sheep from being propagated in foreign countries, seems to have been the object of this law. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• For the study of bacteria they are propagated artificially in a test tube--_i. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• With plants which are temporarily propagated by cuttings, buds, etc. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• His sermon before the Society for Propagating the Gospel, and _his speech intended to be spoken_, are proofs of his ability as well as his humanity. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• There is not a drop of Tom's corrupted blood but propagates infection and contagion somewhere. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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