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[ verb ] cause to become widely known
Examples "spread information" "circulate a rumor" "broadcast the news" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Only a_few years ago a middle_western college circulated a request for a teacher of interior_design . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)Such was the impromptu that Voltaire gave to howls of laughter at Sans_Souci and that was soon circulated in manuscript throughout the literary circles of Europe , to be printed sometime later , but with the name of Timon_of_Athens , the famous misanthrope , substituted for that of Rousseau . |
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[ verb ] become widely known and passed on
Examples "the rumor spread" "the story went around in the office" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Indeed , from the moment the reports of the coming issue first started circulating in Dallas last January , the inquiries and demand for the stock started building_up . (Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)This month a_million Guideposts will circulate all_over the world . Related terms |
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[ verb ] move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
Examples "Blood circulates in my veins" "The air here does not circulate" Used in print (Science of Mind, 34:11...)And if you should step inside of such a magnified atom , according to the physics of forty years ago , you would see circulating over your head , down at the sides , and under your feet , some twenty luminous balls about the size of footballs . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to be distributed
Synonyms Examples "This letter is circulating among the faculty" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "What You Should Know About Air...)For cooling , chilled water is circulated instead of hot water . Related terms |
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[ verb ] cause to move around
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