Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INOSCULATE
anastomose, inosculate
(verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; “anastomose blood vessels”
anastomose, inosculate
(verb) come together or open into each other; “the blood vessels anastomose”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inosculate (third-person singular simple present inosculates, present participle inosculating, simple past and past participle inosculated)
(transitive) To homogenize; to make continuous.
Synonyms: blend, Thesaurus:homogenize
(intransitive) To open into.
(transitive) To unite.
Synonyms: affix, attach, join, put together, Thesaurus:join
(intransitive) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
Adjective
inosculate (comparative more inosculate, superlative most inosculate)
Pertaining to or characterized by inosculation.
Anagrams
• inoculates, notaulices
Source: Wiktionary
In*os"cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inosculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inosculating.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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