3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Circulate  \Cir"cu*late\,  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}. 
 
  Syn:  To  spread;  diffuse;  propagate;  disseminate. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Circulate  \Cir"cu*late\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Ciorculated};  P. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Circulating}.]  [L.  circulatus  p.  p.  of 
  circulare,  v.  t.,  to  surround,  make  round,  circulari,  v.  i., 
  to  gather  into  a  circle.  See  {Circle}.] 
  1.  To  move  in  a  circle  or  circuitously;  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  circulate 
  v  1:  of  information  [syn:  {go  around},  {spread}] 
  2:  as  of  information  [syn:  {circularize},  {circularise},  {distribute}, 
  {disseminate},  {propagate},  {broadcast},  {spread},  {diffuse}, 
  {disperse},  {pass  around}] 
  3:  cause  to  be  distributed;  "This  letter  is  circulating  among 
  the  faculty"  [syn:  {pass  around},  {pass  on},  {distribute}] 
  4:  flow  freely,  as  of  air  or  liquids;  "Blood  flows  in  my  veins" 
  5:  move  in  circles  [syn:  {circle}] 
  6:  cause  to  move  around  "The  fan  circulates  the  air  in  the 
  room" 
  7:  move  around  freely;  "She  circulates  among  royalty" 
  8:  cause  to  move  around  "circulate  a  rumor"  [syn:  {mobilize}] 

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