Category:Osculate

Os"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating.] Etym: [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.)

Defn: to touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point Of contact. See osculation, 2.

Osculate Os"cu*late, v. i.

1. To kiss one another; to kiss.

2. (geom.)

Defn: to touch closely. See osculation, 2.

3. (biol.)

Defn: to have characters in common with two genera or families, so as To form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.