verb

• (transitive, of animals or plants) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
• (transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
• (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
• (obsolete, transitive) To multiply; to increase.
• (transitive) To generate; to produce.
• (intransitive) To be propagated; to travel.
• (biology, intransitive) To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
• (intransitive, computing) To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
• (transitive, computing) To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.