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Osculated
(gcide) | Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Osculating.] [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to
kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth.
See Oral, and cf. Oscillate.]
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1. To kiss.
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2. (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature
at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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Inosculated
(gcide) | Inosculate \In*os"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inosculated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Inosculating.] [Pref. in- in + osculate.]
1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels
at their extremities; to anastomose.
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2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
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The several monthly divisions of the journal may
inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De
Quincey.
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