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Webster 1913 Edition

Inosculate

In-os′cu-late

,
Verb.
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.

In-os′cu-late

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inosculate

INOS'CULATE

,
Verb.
I.
[L. in and osculatus, from osculor, to kiss.]
In anatomy, to unite by apposition or contact; to unite, as two vessels at their extremities; as, one vein or artery inoculates with another; a vein inosculates with an artery.

INOS'CULATE

,
Verb.
T.
To unite, as two vessels in an animal body.

Definition 2024

inosculate

inosculate

English

Verb

inosculate ‎(third-person singular simple present inosculates, present participle inosculating, simple past and past participle inosculated)

  1. (transitive) to homogenize; to make continuous
  2. (intransitive) to open into
  3. (transitive) to unite
  4. (intransitive) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
    • De Quincey
      The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes.

Noun

inosculate ‎(uncountable)

  1. the act of inosculating

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