propagate
verb (used with object)
to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.
propagative
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a word derived from
propagate.
Example Sentences
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Brook Farm, though American and Unitarian in its origin, became afterward the chief representative and propagative organ of Fourierism, as we shall ultimately show.
From History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes
Angels, densest body of, composed of ether, 73; expert builders in ether, 74; family spirits, 80; guardians of propagative force, 74; instruct ego in building archetype, 184; one step beyond human stage, 73.
From The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings by Max Heindel
A dead church certainly, a church having no reaction on the community, a church without propagative power in the world, cannot be other than a calamity to all within its borders.
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Henry Drummond
Dr. Brown presented convincing evidence that such propagative effects can bypass existing pro- tective mechanisms in sensitive data processing environments.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
Gonid′ium, a naked or membranous-coated propagative cell produced asexually.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
