Osculate /(?)/

Os·cu·late

Osculate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating

  1. To kiss.
  2. To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2. (Geom.)

Osculate

v. i.
  1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
  2. To touch closely. See Osculation, 2. (Geom.)
  3. To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant. (Biol.)