Osculate
Pronunciation : Os"cu*late
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Oscillate.]
Definition : 1. To kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Os"cu*late
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
3. (Biol.)
Defn: To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913