About The Word Inosculate
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Inosculate
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What's The Definition Of Inosculate?
[v] cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis, as of blood vessels
[v] come together or open into each other, as of blood vessels Synonyms | Synonyms for Inosculate: anastomose Related Terms | Find terms related to Inosculate: See Also | bring together | conjoin | join Inosculate In Webster's Dictionary \In*os"cu*late\, v. 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\, v. 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. |
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