| Osculate | 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To kiss. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Osculate | v. i. 1. To kiss one another; to kiss. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Geom.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant. [ 1913 Webster ] |