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v. t. [ L. exosculatus, p. p. of exosculari to kiss. See Osculate. ] To kiss; especially, to kiss repeatedly or fondly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were still together, grew
(For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. 1. To kiss together to touch. See Osculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.

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 ]