| 释义 |
circularize, v.|ˈsɜːkjʊləraɪz|
[f. circular + -ize.]
1. trans. To make circular.
1799Southey Let. 5 June in Life & Corr. (1850) II. 18, I pray you to send me the old woman who was circularised, O, who saw her own back..the omikron of old women.
2. To ply with circulars, send circulars to.
1848Tait's Mag. XV. 255 One cemetery company in particular circularized us in very pressing and persuasive terms. 1887Echo 21 Apr. 1 To circularise the lodges of the Freemasons for subscriptions.
Hence ˈcircularizer, ˈcircularizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1881World 22 June 5/2 It at once takes [them] out of the category of common prospectus-issuers. They are not as other circularisers are. Ibid. Here they are..set forth with all possible elaborateness of circularising. 1886Edin. Rev. 7 Jan. 84 Mischief wrought by the circularising firms. |