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Inosculate

Inosculate Meaning & Definition
Inosculate Definition And Meaning

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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