INOSCULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inosculate mean? 

• INOSCULATE (verb)
  The verb INOSCULATE has 2 senses:

1. come together or open into each other

2. cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

  Familiarity information: INOSCULATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INOSCULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they inosculate    ... he / she / it inosculates   
Past simple: inosculated   
Past participle: inosculated   
-ing form: inosculating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come together or open into each other

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Context example:

the blood vessels anastomose

Hypernyms (to "inosculate" is one way to...):

conjoin; join (make contact or come together)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anastomose; inosculate

Context example:

anastomose blood vessels

Hypernyms (to "inosculate" is one way to...):

join (cause to become joined or linked)

Verb group:

anastomose; inosculate (come together or open into each other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

inosculation (a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous)