CIRCULATE

verb (-lated; -lating) Etymology: Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare, from circulus Date: 1603 intransitive verb to move in a circle, circuit, or orbit, to pass from person to person or place to place: as, to flow without obstruction, to become well-known or widespread , to go from group to group at a social gathering, to come into the hands of readers, transitive verb to cause to ~, circulatable adjective circulative adjective circulator noun