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   cir·cu·late

   /ˈsərkyəlāt/

   verb

   • 1. move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area: "antibodies circulate in the bloodstream" Similar flowcoursemove aroundgo around
   • ▪ move around a social function in order to talk to many different people: "the couple circulated, chatting to their guests" Similar socializemingle
   • 2. pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person: "rumors of his arrest circulated" Similar spreadspread aroundpass aroundpass oncommunicatedisseminatetransmitmake knownairput aroundbandy aroundmake publicbroadcastpublicizeadvertisepublishpostpropagatepromulgateblazon abroadnoise abroaddistributegive outissuepurveyliterary:bruit about/abroadspreadbe passed aroundget aroundgo the rounds

   Word Origin late 15th century (as an alchemical term meaning ‘distill something in a closed container, allowing condensed vapor 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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   • I

     1

   • R

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   • C

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   • U

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   • L

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