Circularise

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To distribute a document or information widely to a group of people by sending it to multiple recipients
2. The act of sending announcements or details broadly to many individuals or organizations
3. To issue written communication intended for circulation among a set of recipients, ensuring widespread dissemination

Etymology: "Circularise" is a plain English formation: the adjective "circular" with the verb-forming suffix "-ise" attached. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the word it sits on. It descends from ancient Greek "-izein", which turned nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of", and it reached English by way of Late Latin "-izare" and Old French "-iser". English has used it for centuries to build verbs such as "civilise" and "modernise", so "circularise" follows an established pattern. The base word "circular" comes from Late Latin "circularis", meaning "of a circle", from "circulus", a diminutive of "circus". Its earliest English sense was literally round in shape, and the figurative sense of a letter or notice sent to many recipients grew out of the idea of something passing around a circle of people. "Circularise" carries that sense forward: to send something out to a wide audience, as a company mails a notice to all its customers.

Synonyms: circularize, form a circle, make circular, round out, curve