adv. [ Pref. a- on + gate way. ] On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

‖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 ]

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

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 ]

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 ]

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 ]