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/sˈərkjəlˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Circulate v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.

Circulating pump. See under Pump.

Synonyms: To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.

Circulate v. i. (past & past part. circulated; pres. part. circulating)

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

Circulating decimal. See Decimal.

Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates.

Circulating medium. See Medium.

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Etymology of 'Circulate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Circulate" Quotes from Famous Books

... kept crying, and this added to the fears of the others. Many persons were killed and many injured. Waterloo, a village of about equal size to the northeast across the Platte River, suffered like damage. Wires were snapped off in all directions, and it took many hours to gather and circulate news ...

— The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado • Logan Marshall

... been intended to make any new pronouncement of importance the Berlin Government would have taken steps to circulate the speech by wireless in time for publication in 'The ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 23, 1917 • Various

... bromide and strong drink, and supply candidates for Sing Sing. To make a vast fortune and then lose the tailboard out of your hearse and dump your wealth on a lazy world merely causes the growler to circulate rapidly. And so we sympathize with Andrew Carnegie in his endeavor to live up to his dictum to die poor, and yet not pauperize the world by his wealth. But let us not despond. The man is only seventy-eight. His eyes are bright; ...

— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen • Elbert Hubbard

... the corridor at the back of the dress circle people were beginning to circulate, relieved from the tension of examining the ballet. Julian was instantly swallowed up in a noisy crowd, hot, flushed, loud-voiced, bright-eyed. Masses of excited young men lounged to and fro, smoking cigarettes, and making fervent remarks upon the gaily dressed ...

— Flames • Robert Smythe Hichens

... carried across the breadth of the building; but, nevertheless, it is never handled or moved in its direction on trucks or carriages requiring the use of men's muscles for its motion. Across the floor of the building are two gutters, or channels, and through these, small troughs on a pliable band circulate very quickly. They which run one way, in one channel, are laden; they which return by the other channel are empty. The corn pours itself into these, and they again pour it into the shoot which commands ...

— Volume 1 • Anthony Trollope

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