circulate
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).
- derived from circulō
- borrowed from circulātus
Definitions
to move in circles or through a circuit
to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit
to move from person to person, as at a party
- In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.
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to spread or disseminate
- to circulate money or gossip
to become widely known
Of decimals
Of decimals: to repeat.
The neighborhood
- synonymput about
- synonymspread
- synonymdisseminate
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at circulate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at circulate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at circulate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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