circulate
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verb
1. move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area:
〈血液･液体･気体が〉 «…を» 循環する, 巡る «in, through, around»
e.g. no object : antibodies circulate in the bloodstream
〈液体･気体〉を循環させる
e.g. with object : the fan circulates hot air around the oven.
no object move around a social function in order to talk to many different people:
(パーティなどで) 【人々の間を】動き回る, 移動する «among»
e.g. the couple circulated, chatting to their guests.
2. pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person:
〈うわさなどが〉 «…に» 広まる, 伝わる; 〈文書などが〉 【人々などに】(広く)読まれる(連語widely); 〈通貨などが〉 «…に» 流通する «among, through»
e.g. no object : rumors of his arrest circulated
【人々に】〈文書など〉を配布する, 送る «to» ; 〈うわさなど〉を広める; 〈通貨など〉を流通させる
e.g. with object : they were circulating the list to conservation groups.
DERIVATIVES
circulative |-ˌlātiv, -lətiv| adjective
circulator |ˈsərkyəˌlādər| noun
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.