Meaning

1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
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. (obsolete) To multiply; to increase.
5. To generate; to produce.
6. To be propagated; to travel.
7. To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
8. To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
9. To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.