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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Circulate

Cir'cu-lāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. CIRCULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. CIRCULATING.] [Lat. circulare, circulari.]

  1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move or pass round; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.
  2. 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 medium. See MEDIUM.

Cir'cu-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

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

Synonyms—To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.