propagate vs sire

propagate

verb
  • To generate; to produce. 

  • To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

  • To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate. 

  • To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants. 

  • To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space. 

  • To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production. 

  • To take effect on all relevant devices in a network. 

sire

verb
  • to father; to beget. 

noun
  • A male animal that has fathered a particular offspring (especially used of domestic animals and/or in biological research). 

  • A lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign. 

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