■ 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 ).