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propagable, a.|ˈprɒpəgəb(ə)l| [f. L. pro-, prōpāg-āre to propagate + -able. Cf. med.L. propāgābil-is (Albertus Magnus Metaph. v. vi. v.).] Capable of being propagated.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋60 And carry about with them propagable mines. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 48 The Olive not being successfully propagable by seed. a1707J. Fraser Disc. Second Sight 36 Whether this Second Sight be Hereditary, or propagable from father to Son. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 73 A specific source of infection as in other cases of propagable contagion. Hence ˌpropagaˈbility, ˈpropagableness, the capability of being propagated.
1685Boyle Effects of Mot. v. 46 We must grant in our Instances a wonderful propagableness of motion. 1881W. B. Carpenter in 19th Cent. Oct. 554 The propagability of the micrococcus of tubercle by the milk of cows affected with tuberculosis. |