circulating

cir·cu·late  (sûrky-lt)

v. cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates

v.intr.

1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body.

2. To move around, as from person to person or place to place: a guest circulating at a party.

3. To move about or flow freely, as air.

4. To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate: Gossip tends to circulate quickly.

v.tr.

To cause to move about or be distributed: Please circulate these fliers.

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[From Middle English circulat, continuously distilled, from Latin circultus, past participle of circulre, to make circular, from circulus, circle; see circle.]

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circu·lative (-ltv) adj.

circu·lator n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

circulating - passing from one to another; "circulating bills and coins" current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"