cir·cu·late   (sûr'kyə-lāt')    v.   cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates v.   intr. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body. To move around, as from person to person or place to place: a guest circulating at a party. To move about or flow freely, as air. To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate: Gossip tends to circulate quickly. v.   tr. To cause to move about or be distributed: Please circulate these fliers. [From Middle English circulat, continuously distilled, from Latin circulātus, past participle of circulāre, to make circular, from circulus, circle; see circle.] cir'cu·la'tive (-lā'tĭv) adj., cir'cu·la'tor n.

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.

Circulating decimal. See Decimal.

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

Circulating medium. See Medium.

Main Entry: cir·cu·late
Pronunciation: 's&r-ky&-"lAt
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: -lat·ed;-lat·ing
: to flow or be propelled naturally through a closed system of channels (as blood vessels) circulates through the body>

circulate   (sûr'kyə-lāt')  Pronunciation Key  To move in or flow through a circle or a circuit. Blood circulates through the body as it flows out from the heart to the tissues and back again.