Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Osculate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Osculated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Osculating}.] [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to
kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth.
See {Oral}, and cf. {Oscillate}.]
1. To kiss.
2. (Geom.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature
at the point of contact. See {Osculation}, 2.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Osculate \Os"cu*late\, v. i.
1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. (Geom.) To touch closely. See {Osculation}, 2.
3. (Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or
families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to
interosculate. See {Osculant}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
osculate
v 1: mathematics: have at least three points in common with; "one
curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces
osculate"
2: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's
mouth or other body part) as an expression of love,
greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She
kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered
the room" [syn: {kiss}, {buss}]
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