Circulate Definition

sûrkyə-lāt

circulated, circulates, circulating

verb

circulated, circulates, circulating

To move in a circle, circuit, or course and return to the same point, as blood through the body.

Webster's New World

To go from person to person or from place to place.

Webster's New World

To cause to move around freely or go from one person or place to another; place in circulation.

Webster's New World

To move about or flow freely, as air.

American Heritage Medicine

To cause to move about or be distributed.

Please circulate these fliers.

American Heritage

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Origin of Circulate

From Middle English circulat continuously distilled from Latin circulātus past participle of circulāre to make circular from circulus circle circle

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare (“make circular, encircle”), a later collateral form of circulari (“form a circle (of men) around one's self”), from circulus (“a circle”)

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