Lexic.us

Definition of Osculate

1. Verb. Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups. "These species osculate"

2. Verb. Have at least three points in common with. "These two surfaces osculate"

3. Verb. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.. "Sam cannot osculate Sue "; "She kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the room"

Definition of Osculate

1. v. t. To kiss.

2. v. i. To kiss one another; to kiss.

Definition of Osculate

1. Verb. (transitive) To kiss someone or something. ¹

2. Verb. (mathematics) To touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To make contact. ¹

4. Verb. (context: Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Osculate

1. to kiss [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] - See also: kiss

Medical Definition of Osculate

1. 1. To kiss. 2. To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation. Origin: 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 one another; to kiss. 2. To touch closely. See Osculation. 3. To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osculate

oscitance oscitances oscitancies oscitancy oscitant oscitantly oscitate oscitated oscitates oscitating

oscitation oscitations oscula osculant oscular osculate (current term) osculated osculates osculating osculating circle

osculating orbit osculation osculations osculator osculatories osculators osculatory osculatrices osculatrix oscule

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