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  1. 1. v. i. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. come together or open into each other Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. v come together or open into each other v cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis Source: ecdict

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