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circulate         
1961 STUDIO ALBUM BY NEIL SEDAKA
Circulate (album)
v.
1) (D; intr.) to circulate among (the host circulated among the guests)
2) (D; intr.) to circulate through (blood circulates through the body)
circulate         
1961 STUDIO ALBUM BY NEIL SEDAKA
Circulate (album)
(circulates, circulating, circulated)
1.
If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...
Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...
This year anonymous leaflets have been circulating in Peking.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V
circulation
...an inquiry into the circulation of 'unacceptable literature'.
N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n
2.
If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...
I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
= spread
VERB: V, be V-ed, also V n
3.
When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
VERB: V, V, also V prep
circulation
The north pole is warmer than the south and the circulation of air around it is less well contained.
...the principle of free circulation of goods.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.
VERB: V
circulate         
1961 STUDIO ALBUM BY NEIL SEDAKA
Circulate (album)
¦ verb
1. move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed area.
move around a social function and talk to many people.
2. pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person.
Derivatives
circulative adjective
circulator noun
Origin
C15 (as an alchemical term meaning 'distil something, allowing condensed vapour to return to the original liquid'): from L. circulat-, circulare 'move in a circular path', from circulus (see circle).
Examples of use of Circulate
1. Was it better for Western books to circulate in China in censored form, or was it better not to circulate?
2. Small‘s resignation, the names of possible successors began to circulate.
3. His postings circulate on the Internet through word of text.
4. People circulate prayers and other religious material by e–mail.
5. Some people circulate through e–mail some photos which they say support the truth of Islam.