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self-propagate en · VERB

Etymology

From self- + propagate.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To reproduce without outside help.
    • The prionopathies are best known among the neurodegenerative diseases for their ability to misfold, self-propagate, and infect other organisms. 2021 March 1, Anderson, K.N.; Overcast, W.B.; Brosch, J.R.; Graner, B.D.; Veronesi, M.C., “Prionopathies and Prionlike Protein Aberrations in Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in American Society of Neuroradiology, volume 11, number 2, →DOI, pages 127-148:

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self-propagated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
self-propagated Tense=Past lexicographic
self-propagates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
self-propagating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic