What is the meaning of circulate?

verb

• Become widely known and passed on.
  • usage: "the rumor spread"; "the story went around in the office"
  • synonyms: go around, spread
• Cause to become widely known.
  • usage: "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
  • synonyms: circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Cause be distributed.
  • usage: "This letter is being circulated among the faculty"
  • synonyms: pass around, pass on, distribute
• Move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point.
  • usage: "Blood circulates in my veins"; "The air here does not circulate"
• Move in circles.
  • synonyms: circle
• Cause to move in a circuit or system.
  • usage: "The fan circulates the air in the room"
• Move around freely.
  • usage: "She circulates among royalty"
• Cause to move around.
  • usage: "circulate a rumor"
  • synonyms: mobilize, mobilise