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.]
1.
To kiss.
2. Geom.
To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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Os"cu*late, v. i.
1.
To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. Geom.
To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
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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