circulate

Word Origin & History

1540s (late 15c. as a past participle adjective), as a chemical term for alternating vaporization and condensation, from Latin circulatus, past participle of circulare "to form a circle," from circulus (see circle (n.)). Meaning "to move around, revolve" is from 1670s; of blood, from 1650s; of persons, "to mingle in a social gathering," from 1863. Sense of "to pass about freely" is from 1660s; of newspapers from 1885. Related: Circulated; circulating.

Example Sentences for circulate

That was how the phrase began to circulate, and what it meant; nothing more.'

After this piece of nautical gallantry, the glass began to circulate.

On the very next morning vague rumours began to circulate in the markets.

The animal is a sort of 'world' to the particles of the blood which circulate in it.

It was, indeed, a realm where this coinage did not circulate.

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