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circulate

  • verb
  • sər'kyo͝o-lāt

to move in circles or through a circuit

Other meanings

  1. to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit

  2. to move from person to person, as at a party

Synonyms

  • put about
  • spread

Related words

  • circulatable
  • circulation
  • circulative
  • circulator
  • cocirculate
  • intercirculate
  • miscirculate
  • recirculate

Word history

From Latin "circulō" (to make circular, encircle).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “circulate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.