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n. [ L. paganus a countryman, peasant, villager, a pagan, fr. paganus of or pertaining to the country, rustic, also, pagan, fr. pagus a district, canton, the country, perh. orig., a district with fixed boundaries: cf. pangere to fasten. Cf. Painim, Peasant, and Pact, also Heathen. ] One who worships false gods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Gentile; heathen; idolater. -- Pagan, Gentile, Heathen. Gentile was applied to the other nations of the earth as distinguished from the Jews. Pagan was the name given to idolaters in the early Christian church, because the villagers, being most remote from the centers of instruction, remained for a long time unconverted. Heathen has the same origin. Pagan is now more properly applied to rude and uncivilized idolaters, while heathen embraces all who practice idolatry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. paganus of or pertaining to the country, pagan. See Pagan, n. ] Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions. [ 1913 Webster ]

And all the rites of pagan honor paid. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The pagan lands; pagans, collectively; paganism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to pagans or paganism; heathenish; paganish. [ R. ] “The paganic fables of the goods.” Cudworth. -- Pa*gan"ic*al*ly, adv. [R.] [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. “The old paganish idolatry.” Sharp [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. paganismus: cf. F. paganisme. See Pagan, and cf. Painim. ] The state of being pagan; pagan characteristics; esp., the worship of idols or false gods, or the system of religious opinions and worship maintained by pagans; heathenism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Paganitas. ] The state of being a pagan; paganism. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Paganized p. pr. & vb. n. Paganizing ] To render pagan or heathenish; to convert to paganism. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To behave like pagans. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a pagan manner. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Popinjay, 1 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Propagate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. L. de propaganda fide: cf. F. propagande. See Propagate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A congregation of cardinals, established in 1622, charged with the management of missions. (b) The college of the Propaganda, instituted by Urban VIII. (1623-1644) to educate priests for missions in all parts of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, any organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. propagandisme. ] The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. propagandiste. ] A person who devotes himself to the spread of any system of principles. “Political propagandists.” Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]

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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. t. To paganize anew; to bring back to paganism. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Half pagan. [ 1913 Webster ]