OSCULATE

vt to kiss.

2. osculate ·vi to touch closely. ·see osculation, 2.

3. osculate ·vi to kiss one another; to kiss.

4. osculate ·vt to touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. ·see osculation, 2.

5. osculate ·vi to have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. ·see osculant.