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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciorculated; 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.