Definition of: circulate

(sûr′kyə·lāt) v. ·lat·ed, ·lat·ing v.t.
1. To spread about; disseminate, as news.
—v.i.
2. To move by a circuitous course back to the starting point, as the blood through the body.
3. To spread abroad, or become diffused.
4. Colloq. To travel about.
5. To repeat indefinitely a number or set of numbers in a decimal quantity. See synonyms under SPREAD. [<L circulatus, pp. of circulari form a circle <circulus CIRCLE]
—cir′cu·la′tor noun