inosculate
inosculate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.
- 2.To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley.
- 3.To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is inosculate.
- What is to intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey called?
- What is to unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley called?
- What is to unite intimately; to cause to become as one. They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/inosculate
- Steward: Jason Burns