Bible Dictionaries
Osculate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. i.) To kiss one another; to kiss.
(2):
(v. i.) To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
(3):
(v. i.) To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
(4):
(v. t.) To kiss.
(5):
(v. t.) To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Osculate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/osculate.html. 1828.