Inosculate

[i'nɒskjuleit]

(v. i.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

(v. i.) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.

(v. t.) To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body.

(v. t.) To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.

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v. n. (Bot. & Anat.) Anastomose, unite at the ends (as veins or arteries).

v. a. Unite by apposition or contact.

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SYN:Blend, unite, intertwine, solidify, anastomose, intersect, interpenetrate

ANT:Separate, diverge, bifurcate, disunite, divorce

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v.t. and v.i. to unite by mouths or ducts as two vessels in an animal body: to blend.—n. Inosculā′tion.

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