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/sˈərkjəlˌeɪtɪŋ lˈaɪbrˌɛri/ Listen

verb

Circulate v. i. (past & past part. circulated; pres. part. circulating)

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body.

To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.

Circulating decimal. See Decimal.

Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates.

Circulating medium. See Medium.

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Etymology of 'Circulating library'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Circulating library" Quotes from Famous Books

... this time a circulating library in Edinburgh, founded, I believe, by the celebrated Allan Ramsay, which, besides containing a most respectable collection of books of every description, was, as might have been expected, peculiarly rich in works of fiction. It exhibited specimens of every kind, from the romances of chivalry ...

— Waverley, Or 'Tis Sixty Years Hence, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

... genesis of the book. I appointed a jury of matrons to judge each chapter before it went to the Press, and to decide whether it was suited to the restrictions of the circulating library, and whether it would cause real distress or perturbation to three persons whom we chose as representative readers of decent fiction: Admiral Broadbent, Lady Percy Mountjoye, and old Mrs. Bridges (Mrs. Bridges was said to have had a heart attack after reading THE GAY-DOMBEYS—I did not wish ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... when these very novels come out later in three-volume form, with the "mark of the beast" in the shape of a circulating library ticket upon them, they will be fortunate if they are not interdicted altogether by some of the serious families who take in the magazines as ...

— Vice Versa - or A Lesson to Fathers • F. Anstey

... throwing kisses as she went. The library she mentioned was one in connection with the school, and somewhat chaotic in condition. Joyce had bought a selected lot of good reading matter in paper covers, with which to start a circulating library, and with the assistance of the Bonnivels, was getting it in shape. In the absence of a catalogue the books were now numbered on the backs, and when issued the corresponding number, on a slip of paper marked the vacant place ...

— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry

... This is a proof that nothing can be said against my argument requiring a serious answer. Gladstone felt ashamed of the review. It has helped the book; but it would be read even without this and the recommendation of the "Guardian"—so Longman says. One circulating library here has taken twenty-five copies, and wants more. So the book cannot be ignored; and that is all I first of all wished for, aculeum reliqui. As the people of this country, with a few exceptions that one can count upon one's fingers, ...

— Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. • F. Max Mueller

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