Hypertext Webster Gateway: "circulate"
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) 1.7 (wn)
circulate
v 1: become widely know; "the rumor spread"; "the story went
around in the office" [syn: {go around}, {spread}]
2: cause to become widely known; "spread information";
"circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" [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},
{mobilise}]
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