Circularises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Transforms something into a round shape or form
2. Changes the shape of an object so that it forms a circle
3. Causes an item or structure to take on a circular configuration

Etymology: This is an inflected form: "circularises" is the third-person singular present of "circularise", meaning to make something round or circular. The verb is built from "circular" plus the suffix "-ise", the English spelling of a suffix that goes back through Middle French "-iser" and Late Latin "-izare" to Ancient Greek "-izein", which turned nouns and adjectives into verbs meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of". The suffix reached English in the Middle English form "-isen" and was attached to many adjectives over the centuries, so "circularise" is one of a large family of verbs in which the adjective is turned into an action.

Synonyms: distributes, circulates, spreads