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VERB (2)

1. come together or open into each other;
- Example: "the blood vessels anastomose"
[syn: anastomose, inosculate]

2. cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
- Example: "anastomose blood vessels"
[syn: anastomose, inosculate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. [1913 Webster] The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inosculate \In*os"cu*late\, v. t. 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. --Berkeley. [1913 Webster] 2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. [1913 Webster] They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inosculate v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate] 2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]