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544. ( Davies.) II. in trans. To be multiplied or reproduced reprod by generation, or by new shoots or plants; bear =Syn. 1. To increase, spread, di eminate. IMG:content-1093.png:[blocks in formation] tion of runners or lateral shoots, which spread along the surface of the soil, and root at the joints, from which they send up new stems. Plants are also propagated by suck- ers rising from rootstocks, and by various other natural means. Propagation may be effected artificially by cut- tings, grafting, budding, inarching, etc. In September the propagacion , In landes suche as tolde is of before, Is best to sette in occupacion. Lotze, Microcosm us (trans.), I. 370. There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation . Ray , Works of Creation. 2. The spreading or extension of anything; diffusion: as, the propagation of Christianity; the propagation of socialistic ideas. It [speech] may be used for the propagation of slander. H. Spencer , Social Statics, p. 166. 3t. Increase; augmentation; enlargement; ag- grandizement. IMG:content-1094.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia propagatorium (prop"a-ga-to'ri-um), n.; pl. propagator i a (-a). [NL., neut. propagato- rius , propagatory: see propagator .] In biol ., the reproductive apparatus; the entire phys i- cal mechanism of reproduction; the organs of generation of either sex, consisting e entially of a sexual gland producing ova or sperm a- tozoa, pa ages for the conveyance of the pro- duct, or for detaining it until mature in the body, and usually, organs of sexual congre . Compare nutritorium , loco motorium , sensorium . propagatory (prop'a-ga-to-ri), a. [NL. pro- pagatorius , propagator , propagator: see propagator .] Serving to accomplish plish prop a- gation, as the organs of generation; reproduc- tive, as a system of physical organs. propago (pro-pāgō), n.; pl. propagines (pro- paj'i-nēz). [L., [L., propagare , propagate: see propagate .] 1. In hort., a branch laid down in the proce of layering.-2. In bot . , same q. v.] In bot ., same as propagulum . propagulum (pro-pag'ū-lum), n.; pl. n .; pl. prop aди- la (-lä). [NL., dim. of propago .] In bot .: (a) A shoot, such as a runner or sucker, which may serve for propagation. (b) In algæ, a modi- fied branch by which non-sexual reproduction which form the soredia of lichens. is effected. (ct) One of the powder-like grains Propalæotherium (pro-pā"lē-ō-thēʼri-um), n. [NL., πρό , before, + παλαιός , ancient, + θηρίον , a wild beast: see Palæotherium .] A ge- nus of fo il tapiroid mammals from the Eocene of Europe. propale (pro-pāl'), v . t .; pret. and pp. propaled , ppr. propaling . [= Sp. Pg. propalar = It. pro- palare , pro pal are , make public, divulge, propalam , openly, publicly, pro , forth, + pal am , openly.] To publish disclose. Scott . propalinal (pro-pal'i-nal), a . fore, + πάλιν , back, backward, + -al .] Mov- ing forward and backward; relating to forward and backward movement; protracted and re- tracted, as the lower jaw when it moves forth and back in the act of chewing: as, the pro- palinal movement in mastication. The propalinal mastication is to be distinguished into the proal, from behind forwards,. and the palinal, from before backwards. Cope , Amer. Nat., XXII. 7. pro par apteral (pro-pa-rap'te-ral), a . [ pro- par apter on + -al .] Of or pertaining to the pro par apter on. par apter a (-rä). [NL., Gr. NL. par apter on .] In entom ., the par apter on of the prothoracic segment; the third sclerite of the pro pleuron. pro parent (pro-par'ent), п . [ pro , for, + paren ( t- )s, parent.] One who stands in the place of a parent. Imp . Dict. proparoxytone (pro-par-ok'si-ton), a . and n. [ πρό , before, + παροξύτονος , paroxytone: see paroxytone .] I. a. In Gr . gram . , having or characterized by the acute accent on the antepenultimate: some- times applied to words in English and other lan- guages to signify that they have the tonic ac- cent on the antepenultimate. IMG:content-1096.png:[ocr errors] II. In Gr . gram . , a word which has the acute accent on the antepenultimate. proparoxytone (pro-par-ok'si-tōn), v . t .; pret. and pp. pro par oxy toned , ppr. pro par oxy toning. [ proparoxytone , a . ] gram., to write or pronounce (a word) with the acute accent on the antepenultimate. pro paroxytonic (pro-par-ok-si-ton'ik), a . proparoxytone + -ic .] Accented on the antepe- nult; proparoxytone. pro pa ion (pro-pash'on), n . [ prop as- propedal (pro'ped-al), a . [ proped + -al .] the nature of or pertaining to a proped: as, a propedal proce . propel (pro-pel'), v . t .; pret. and pp. propelled , ppr. propelling . [ prop ellen , lere , drive or push forward, pro , forward, + pellere , drive, push: see pulse1 . Cf. expel , im- pel , repel , etc.] To drive forward; move or cause to move on; urge or pre onward by force. IMG:content-1097.png:[blocks in formation] tude, a spur intended to set forward virtue. This is simply rather a pro pa ion than a pa ion. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 476. propeller-pump (pro-pel'ér-pump), n . a casing and submerged in the water. propeller-shaft (prō-pel'er-shaft), n . The rigid metallic shaft which carries the propeller of a marine engine. propeller-well (prō-pel'èr-wel), n. A vertical aperture over the screw in the stern of a ship which has a hoisting propeller. When it is desired to proceed under sail, the screw, a two-bladed one, is hoisted off the end of the shaft into the propeller-well, so that it may not retard the ship by dragging in the water. propeller-wheel (pro-pel'er-hwēl), n. A marine propeller or screw; a screw propeller.