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Osculate

Ŏs'cu-lāte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. OSCULATED; p. pr. & vb. n. OSCULATING.] [Lat. osculari, osculatum, to kiss, from osculum, a little mouth, a kiss, diminutive of os, mouth.]

  1. To kiss.
  2. (Geom.) To touch, as one curve another, or as two curves when both have a common curvature at the point of contact.

ŏs'cu-lāte, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To kiss one another; to kiss. 2. (Geom.) To touch; as, curves osculate.