Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CIR'CU-LATE, v.i. [sur'kulate; Fr. circuler; L. circulo.]

1. To move in a circle; to move or pass round; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.
2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates in the country; a story circulates in town.
3. To move round; to run; to flow in veins or channels, or in an inclosed place; as, the sap of plants circulates; water circulates in the earth, or air in a city or house.