adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to or characterized by inosculation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inosculate
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/ɪˈnɒs.kjʊˌleɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To homogenize; to make continuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blend, fuse, homogenize, inosculate, uniformize
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To open into.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To unite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: interosculate, affix, attach, join, put together, accouple, assemble, associate, bewed, bind, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, construct, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, piece together, piecen, pinion, splice, unite, wed, yoke
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- anastomose blood vessels
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anastomose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: join, bring together
verb
Meaning 7
come together or open into each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the blood vessels anastomose
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anastomose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: join, conjoin
History
Etymology
First attested in 1672; from in- + osculate or its Latin etymon ōsculātus, perfect active participle of Latin osculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from ōsculum (“a kiss”). The adjective is a back-formation from inosculation, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).