'Inosculate' definitions:
Definition of 'inosculate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
verb
Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
Definition of 'Inosculate'
From: GCIDE
- Inosculate \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. [1913 Webster]
- The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inosculate'
From: GCIDE
- Inosculate \In*os"cu*late\, v. t.
- 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. [1913 Webster]
- They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]