Found 2 items, similar to inosculate.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: inosculate
inosculate
v 1: come together or open into each other;
“the blood vessels
anastomose” [syn:
anastomose]
2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
“anastomose blood vessels” [syn:
anastomose]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inosculate
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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