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n. [ F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Min.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in the type called agate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Agate + -ferous. ] Containing or producing agates. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, agate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Usually p. p. Agatized ] To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of agate, or containing agate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. It. bagatella; cf. Prov. It. bagata trifle, OF. bague, Pr. bagua, bundle. See Bag, n. ] 1. A trifle; a thing of no importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich trifles, serious bagatelles. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. The sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. Malcom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary. ] A wandering about or going astray; digression. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. evagatio, fr. evagari to wander forth: cf. F. évagation. See Vagary. ] A wandering about; excursion; a roving. [ R. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. extra- + L. vagatus, p. p. of vagari to rove. See Extravagant. ] To rove. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wandering beyond limits; excess. [ Obs. ] Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gagates. See Jet a black mineral. ] Agate. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. indagatus, p. p. of indagare to seek. ] To seek or search out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. indagatio: cf. F. indagation. ] Search; inquiry; investigation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Searching; exploring; investigating. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Searched into by such skillful indagators of nature. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Law L. inlagatio, fr. inlagare to restore to law. See In, and Law. ] (Old Eng. Law) The restitution of an outlawed person to the protection of the law; inlawing. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tamil milagu-tannīr pepper water. ] An East Indian curry soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A roving or going about in the night. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having plagæ, or irregular enlongated color spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Propagated p. pr. & vb. n. Propagating. ] [ L. propagatus, p. p. of propagare to propagate, akin to propages, propago, a layer of a plant, slip, shoot. See Pro-, and cf. Pact, Prop, Prune, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The infection was propagated insensibly. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To multiply; to increase. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast,
Which thou wilt propagate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To generate; to produce. [ 1913 Webster ]

Motion propagated motion, and life threw off life. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To multiply; continue; increase; spread; diffuse; disseminate; promote. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly. [ 1913 Webster ]

No need that thou
Should'st propagate, already infinite. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propagatio: cf. F. propagation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of propagating; continuance or multiplication of the kind by generation or successive production; as, the propagation of animals or plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is not in nature any spontaneous generation, but all come by propagation. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The spreading abroad, or extension, of anything; diffusion; dissemination; as, the propagation of sound; the propagation of the gospel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing by propagation, or by a process of growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. propagateur. ] One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. refragatus, p. p. of refragor. ] To oppose. [ R. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. renégat, Prov. renegat. LL. renegatus; confused with E. run and gate a way. See Renegade. ] A fugitive; a vagabond; an apostate; a renegade. See Renegade. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wretched runagates from the jail. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who has not been a runagate from duty? Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sagatis: cf. Sp. sagatí, saetí. ] A mixed woven fabric of silk and cotton, or silk and wool; sayette; also, a light woolen fabric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Propagating by one's self or by itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Suffragated p. pr. & vb. n. Suffragating. ] [ L. suffragatus, p. p. of suffragari. See Suffragan, a. ] To vote or vote with. [ Obs. ] “Suffragating tribes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who assists or favors by his vote. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]