Meaning of INOSCULATE
| Pronunciation: | | in'âskyu`leyt
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- [v] cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis, as of blood vessels
- [v] come together or open into each other, as of blood vessels
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| | Synonyms: | | anastomose |
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| | See Also: | | bring together, conjoin, join | |
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\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.
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.
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