The Only Use of
propagate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Even if they were to leave Europe and inhabit the deserts of the new world, yet one of the first results of those sympathies for which the daemon thirsted would be children, and a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror.
p. 170.9propagated = reproduced
Definitions:
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(1)
(propagate as in: propagate the idea) to spread
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(2)
(propagate as in: propagate the species) to reproduce or copy
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Physics: the movement of sound or light through a medium (such as water)
Of organisms: Propagate can reference natural reproduction or the cultivation of plants or breeding of animals by humans.
Computer science: The replication of data or a condition across a network.