intransitive verb circulated -·lat′ed, circulating -·lat′·ing

1. to move in a circle, circuit, or course and return to the same point, as blood through the body
2. to go from person to person or from place to place; specif.,
   1. to move about freely, as air
   2. to move about as in society or at a party
   3. to be made widely known, felt, established, distributed, etc.
   4. to be distributed to a circle or mass of readers or collectors

Etymology: < L circulatus, pp. of circulari, to form a circle

transitive verb