inosculate

3 definitions found

inosculate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
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              The several monthly divisions of the journal may
              inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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  Inosculate \In*os"cu*late\, v. t.
     1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an
        animal body. --Berkeley.
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     2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.
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              They were still together, grew
              (For so they said themselves) inosculated.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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inosculate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inosculate
      v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels
           anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
      2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
         "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]