circulate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circulate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for circulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circulate v become widely known and passed on; "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office" Synonym(s): go around, spread, circulate cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" Synonym(s): circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around cause be distributed; "This letter is being circulated among the faculty" Synonym(s): circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point; "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate" move in circles Synonym(s): circle, circulate cause to move in a circuit or system; "The fan circulates the air in the room" move around freely; "She circulates among royalty" cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" Synonym(s): mobilize, mobilise, circulate
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circulate \Cir"culate\, 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.