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ve in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.

stove, or a group of pipes set in the fire box of a stove or furnace, through which water circulates and is heated.

es, a paper issued by a State, on the mere faith and credit of the State, and designed to circulate as money. No State shall "emit bills of credit." U. S. Const. Peters. Wharton. Bouvier (b) Among merchants, a letter sent by an agent or other person to a merchant, desiring him to give credit to the bearer for goods or…

The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under Arterial.

Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein.

To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate. Thy name shall circle round the gaping through. Byron.

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] J. Philips.

That may be circulated.

Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter. A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. Hallam.

to to pass around, as information. Syn. -- circulate, circularize, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse. [WordNet 1.5]

The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

One who, or that which, circulates.

rishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.] Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.

; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to circulate; to disseminate; to scatter; as to diffuse information. Thence diffuse His good to worlds and ages infinite. Milton. We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations. Whewell.

y. Unlike absorption, diffusion may go on after death, that is, after the blood ceases to circulate.

Not current or free to circulate; not in use. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

e a painting or a literary work. The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot.

, vital processes; -- said of certain electric currents supposed by some physiologists to circulate in the nerves of animals.

To a great extent; widely; largely; as, a story is extensively circulated.

a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.