circularize
English
Etymology
From circular + -ize.
Verb
circularize (third-person singular simple present circularizes, present participle circularizing, simple past and past participle circularized)
- (intransitive) To publicize something by publishing and distributing circulars.
- (transitive) To distribute a circular or circulars to.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 56:
- Mr and Mrs Aloysius Kirby announce the marriage of their daughter Katherine – I knew neither the girl nor the man she was marrying. They must be circularizing the town.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 56:
- To canvass opinion by using a questionnaire.
- (transitive) To make (something) circular in shape.
Derived terms
- circularization
- circularizer
- decircularize
- recircularize