2. A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.
circularise
(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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Circularity
(Cir`cu*lar"i*ty) n. [LL. circularitas.] The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.
Circularly
(Cir"cu*lar*ly) adv. In a circular manner.
Circulary
(Cir"cu*la*ry) a. Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.
Circulate
(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.
Circulate
(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.
Circulation
(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.
3. Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
4. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of
a newspaper.
5. (Physiol.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close
relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels
and tissues of plants.
Circulative
(Cir"cu*la*tive) a. Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge.
