circulative
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.kjʊˌleɪ.tɪv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪ.tɪv/
Adjective
[edit]circulative (not comparable)
- Promoting circulation; circulating.
- 1830, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Concerning the Right Idea of the Constitution. Paragraph the Fourth.”, in On the Constitution of the Church and State, according to the Idea of Each: […], London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., →OCLC, page 80:
- [T]he revenues of the church are in some sort the reversionary property of every family that may have a member educated for the church, or a daughter that may marry a clergyman. Instead of being foreclosed and immovable, it is, in fact, the only species of landed property that is essentially moving and circulative.
