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in⋅os⋅cu⋅late

  [in-os-kyuh-leyt]
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–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
1. to unite by openings, as arteries in anastomosis.
2. to connect or join so as to become or make continuous, as fibers; blend.
3. to unite intimately.
Origin:
1665–75; in- 2 + osculate

Related forms:
in⋅os⋅cu⋅la⋅tion, noun
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in·os·cu·late   (ĭn-ŏs'kyə-lāt')   
v.   in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing, in·os·cu·lates

v.   tr.
  1. To unite (blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts) by small openings.
  2. To make continuous; blend.
v.   intr.
  1. To open into one another.
  2. To unite so as to be continuous; blend.

[in-2 + Latin ōsculāre, ōsculāt-, to provide with an opening (from ōsculum, diminutive of ōs, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots).]
in·os'cu·la'tion n.
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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.

2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.

The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De Quincey.

Inosculate

In*os"cu*late\, v. t. 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. --Berkeley.

2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.

They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. --Tennyson.
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inosculate in·os·cu·late (ĭn-ŏs'kyə-lāt')
v. in·os·cu·lat·ed, in·os·cu·lat·ing, in·os·cu·lates

  1. To unite parts such as blood vessels, nerve fibers, or ducts by small openings.
  2. To unite so as to be continuous; blend.

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