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osculate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
  1.  To  kiss. 
 
  2.  (Geom.)  To  touch  closely,  so  as  to  have  a  common  curvature 
  at  the  point  of  contact  See  {Osculation},  2. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osculate  \Os"cu*late\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  kiss  one  another;  to  kiss. 
 
  2.  (Geom.)  To  touch  closely.  See  {Osculation},  2. 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  osculate 
  v  :  touch  with  the  lips  or  press  the  lips  (against  someone's 
  moth  or  other  body  part)  as  an  expression  of  love, 
  greeting,  etc.;  "The  newly  married  couple  kissed";  "She 
  kissed  her  grandfather  on  the  forehead  when  she  entered 
  the  room"  [syn:  {kiss},  {buss}] 




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