Word Meaning

osculate definition and meaning

v. t. To kiss.
v. t. To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
v. i. To kiss one another; to kiss.
v. i. To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
v. i. To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.