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   circulate

   /ˈsəːkjʊleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. move continuously or freely through a closed system or area: "antibodies circulate in the bloodstream" Similar flowcoursemove roundgo round
   • ▪ move around a social function in order to talk to many different people: "the couple circulated, chatting to their guests" Similar socializemingle
   • 2. pass from place to place or person to person: "rumours of his arrest circulated" Similar spreadspread aboutspread aroundpass aroundpass oncommunicatedisseminatetransmitmake knownairput aboutbandy aboutmake publicbroadcastpublicizeadvertisepublishpostpropagatepromulgateblazon abroadnoise abroaddistributegive outissuepurveyliterary:bruit about/abroadspreadbe passed aroundget aroundgo the rounds
   • ▪ send copies of a letter or leaflet to (a group of people): "tutors were circulated with the handout"

   Word Origin late 15th century (as an alchemical term meaning ‘distil something in a closed container, allowing condensed vapour to return to the original liquid’): from Latin circulat- ‘moved in a circular path’, from the verb circulare, from circulus ‘small ring’ (see circle). circulate (sense 1) dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. circulative adjective
   • 2. circulator noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

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