circulate

circulate
verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare, from circulus Date: 1603 intransitive verb 1. to move in a circle, circuit, or orbit; especially to follow a course that returns to the starting point <
blood circulates through the body
>
2. to pass from person to person or place to place: as a. to flow without obstruction b. to become well-known or widespread <
rumors circulated through the town
>
c. to go from group to group at a social gathering d. to come into the hands of readers; specifically to become sold or distributed transitive verb to cause to circulate • circulatable adjectivecirculative adjectivecirculator noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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