\A*nas"to*mose\, v. i. [imp. p. p. {Anastomozed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Anastomosing}.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr.
anastomose. See {Anastomosis}.] (Anat. & Bot.)
To inosculate; to intercommunicate by anastomosis, as the
arteries and veins.
      The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing network
      of its vessels.                          --I. Taylor.

\A*nas"to*mose\, v. i.
Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into each
other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.