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cir⋅cu⋅la⋅tor

[sur-kyuh-ley-ter]
–noun
1. a person who moves from place to place.
2. a person who circulates money, information, etc.
3. a talebearer or scandalmonger.
4. any of various devices for circulating gases or liquids.
5. Obsolete. a mountebank.

Origin:
1600–10; < L circulātor itinerant vendor who gathers a circle of people round himself (see circulate, -tor ); later as circulate + -or 2
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cir·cu·late   (sûr'kyə-lāt')   
v.   cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates

v.   intr.
  1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body.

  2. To move around, as from person to person or place to place: a guest circulating at a party.

  3. To move about or flow freely, as air.

  4. 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.
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