os·cu·late [ óskyə làyt ](past and past participleos·cu·lat·ed, present participleos·cu·lat·ing, 3rd person present singularos·cu·lates)
verb
Definition:
1. transitive and intransitive verb kiss somebody: to kiss somebody or each other
(
formal or humorous
)
2. intransitive verb make contact: to make contact or come together
(
technical
)
3. intransitive verb mathematics touch at tangency point: to touch at a point of common tangency to a line passing between two branches of a curve, each branch continuing in both directions of the line
(
refers to arcs
)
[Mid-17th century. < Latin osculatus, past participle of osculari "kiss" < osculum (see osculum)]
