[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to cause (an organism) to multiply by any process of natural reproduction from the parent stock.", "to reproduce (itself, its kind, etc.), as an organism does.", "to transmit (hereditary features or elements) to, or through, offspring.", "to spread (a report, doctrine, practice, etc.) from person to person; disseminate.", "to cause to increase in number or amount.", "to create (an effect) at a distance, as by electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc., traveling through space or a physical medium; transmit:to propagate sound.", "to spread (a disease) from one individual to another:Dr. John Atlee believed that filthy living conditions probably propagated cholera.", "Computers.to cause (an update or other alteration) to take effect throughout a network of devices:The active master database replicates updates to the standby master database, which propagates the updates to the subscribers."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to multiply by any process of natural reproduction, as organisms; breed.", "to increase in extent, as a structural flaw:The crack will propagate only to this joint.", "(of electromagnetic waves, compression waves, etc.) to travel through space or a physical medium.", "Computers.to take effect throughout a network of devices."]}]