Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. i.
1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
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2. (Geom.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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1. To kiss.
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2. (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature
at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
osculate
v 1: be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species
osculate"
2: have at least three points in common with; "one curve
osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
3: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's
mouth 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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "osculate":
blow a kiss, brush, brush by, bus, buss, caress, come in contact,
contact, glance, graze, hit, impinge, kiss, lip, nudge, peck, rub,
scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt, smack, smooch, squeak by,
touch
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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