The Clue
Engender (9 letter answer)
The Answer
PROPAGATE
Tags
Notes
The answer PROPAGATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
PROPAGATE as a verb:
1. transmit from one generation to the next; "propagate these characteristics"
2. travel through the air; "sound and light propagate in this medium"
3. transmit; "propagate sound or light through air"
4. (spread, propagate) = become distributed or widespread; "the infection spread"; "Optimism spread among the population"
5. transmit or cause to broaden or spread; "This great civilization was propagated throughout the land"
6. (circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around) = cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
7. cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
8. multiply sexually or asexually