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interosculate

interosculate verb: to connect together as if kissing; to touch barely.

Verb

interosculate (third-person singular simple present interosculates, present participle interosculating, simple past and past participle interosculated)

  1. To connect together as if kissing; to touch barely.
    Synonyms:
    inosculate
  2. To have the character of, or to lie between, two distinct groups.

Synonyms of interosculate

Forms of interosculate

third-person singular presentinterosculates
present participleinterosculating
past participleinterosculated
pastinterosculated

Origin of interosculate

From inter- + osculate.

Questions about interosculate

What does interosculate mean?
Interosculate means to connect together as if kissing; to touch barely.
What part of speech is interosculate?
Interosculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of interosculate?
The past tense of interosculate is interosculated.

Words near interosculate in the dictionary

  1. interorganization
  2. interorganizational
  3. interorganizationally
  4. interorigin
  5. interosculant
  6. interosculate
  7. interosculated
  8. interosculates
  9. interosculating
  10. interosculation
  11. interosculations

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