inosculate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb come together or open into each other
    anastomose.
    • the blood vessels anastomose
  2. verb cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
    anastomose.
    • anastomose blood vessels

WordNet

In*os"cu*late intransitive verb
Etymology
Pref. in- in + osculate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Inosculated ; present participle & verbal noun Inosculating
Definitions
  1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
  2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
    The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.
In*os"cu*late transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley.
  2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.
    They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson.

Webster 1913