circularise v. 1. to canvass by distributing letters.
Syn. -- circularize.
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2. to distribute circulars to.
Syn. -- circularize.
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3. to to pass around, as information.
Syn. -- circulate, circularize, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse.
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Cir`cu*lar"i*ty (?), n. [LL. circularitas.] The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
Cir"cu*lar*ly (?), adv. In a circular manner.
Cir"cu*la*ry (?), a. Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.
Cir"cu*late (#), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i., to gather into a circle. See Circle.]
1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.
2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.
Circulating decimal. See Decimal. -- Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates. -- Circulating medium. See Medium.
Cir"cu*late (?), v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit.
Circulating pump. See under Pump.
Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.
Cir`cu*la"tion (?), n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation.] 1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
This continual circulation of human things.
Swift.
2. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation.
Whewell.