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os·cu·late
–v.i. 1. to come into close contact or union. 2. Geom. (of a curve) to touch another curve or another part of the same curve so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact. –v.t. 3. to bring into close contact or union. 4. Geom. (of a curve) to touch (another curve or another part of the same curve) in osculation. 5. to kiss. [1650–60; < L ōsculātus (ptp. of ōsculārīto kiss), equiv. to ōscul(um) kiss, lit., little mouth (see OSCULUM) + -ātus -ATE1] —os·cu·la·to·ry
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v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing.
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(Random House Webster's Unabridged)