Definition of agate

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Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..

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Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
Amygdaloid :: Amygdaloid (n.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..
Bagatelle :: Bagatelle (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
Suffragating :: Suffragated (imp. & p. p.) of Suffragat.
Delusion :: Delusion (n.) That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
Disseminator :: Disseminator (n.) One who, or that which, disseminates, spreads, or propagates; as, disseminators of disease..
Grafter :: Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting..
Hemachate :: Hemachate (n.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper..
Ruby :: Ruby (n.) See Agate, n., 2..
Mythologize :: Mythologize (v. i.) To construct and propagate myths.
Populate :: Populate (v. i.) To propagate.
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) 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..
Missionary :: Missionary (n) One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion..
Errorist :: Errorist (n.) One who encourages and propagates error; one who holds to error.
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light..
Sow :: Sow (v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate..
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city..
Vive :: Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
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