Complete Definition of "osculate"

English
Verb
to osculate (transitive)

  1. to kiss someone or something

#mathematics to touch so as to have a common Wikipedia:tangent|tangent at the point of contact
to osculate (intransitive)

  1. to make contact

Derived terms
osculation
osculating
osculatory

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