verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

inosculate

Etymology

From inter- + osculate.

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