PROPAGATE

propagate

Verb

  1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.
  2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.
  3. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate
  4. To multiply; to increase.
  5. To generate; to produce.
  6. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
  7. To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
    It takes 24 hours for password changes to propagate throughout the system.
  8. To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
    The server propagates the password file at midnight each day.


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