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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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