Thesaurus: osculate

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1. v. t. To kiss.
2. v. t. To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
3. v. i. To kiss one another; to kiss.
4. v. i. To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
5. v. i. To have link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/characters">characters in link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/common">common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
6. v. be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
7. v. have at least three points in common with
8. v. touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
9. 1. To link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/kiss">kiss. 2. (Geom.) To link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/touch">touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2. 1. To kiss one another; to kiss. 2. (Geom.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2. 3. (Biol.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
10. To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the pointof contact. See Osculation, 2.
11. v. be intermediate between two taxonomic groups v. have at least three points in common with