propagate
verb (used with object)
to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
have propagated
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present perfectof propagate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It just happens to be the perfect 21st-century venue for the propagation of scams and urban legends that would have propagated by word of mouth, tabloid, or chain letter in earlier eras.
From Slate ● Dec. 3, 2014
Family members attending the funerals of these victims are believed to have propagated the virus through Guinea and beyond.
From US News ● Oct. 1, 2014
Legions of self-help books have propagated the idea that we each have it within us to achieve great things - we just need to be more confident.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2013
He’d withheld what would normally have propagated significant attention.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2012
Some of these plants must have propagated themselves unchanged for half a million of years.
From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Sir J. William Dawson
