circulate

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Scrabble points: 13
Words With Friends: 17
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.kjʊˌleɪt/

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/ˈsɜː.kjʊˌleɪt/ · /ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/

Definition of circulate

6 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

(intransitive)to move in circles or through a circuit

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verb

(intransitive)to move in circles or through a circuit
(transitive)to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
to move from person to person, as at a party

“In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.”
to spread or disseminate

“to circulate money or gossip”
to become widely known
Of decimals: to repeat.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).

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