INOSCULATED

Verb

inosculated

simple past tense and past participle of inosculate

Anagrams

• undislocate

Source: Wiktionary


INOSCULATE

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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