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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. osculates: Merriam-Webster
  2. osculates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. osculates: Wiktionary
  4. osculates: Dictionary.com
  5. osculates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. osculates: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (osculate)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To kiss.
verb:  (mathematics) To touch so as to have the same tangent and curvature at the point of contact.
verb:  (intransitive) To make contact.
verb:  (Vedic arithmetic) To perform osculation.
verb:  To form a connecting link between two genera.
adjective:  Relating to kissing.
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