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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Osculate

· Os·cu·late · IPA /ˈɑskjəˌleɪt/
01 v. t. To kiss.
imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating
  1. 1.
    To kiss.
  2. 2.
    To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.(Geom.) See: Osculation
02 v. i. To kiss one another; to kiss.
  1. 1.
    To kiss one another; to kiss.
  2. 2.
    To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.(Geom.) See: Osculation
  3. 3.
    To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.(Biol.) See: Osculant