1. to join by openings at the ends; to unite or blend gradually
Usage: technical; biology
2. to kiss
Usage: archaic; humorous

Examples

• The blood vessels inosculate to form a complex network.
• The two rivers inosculate at the delta.
• The surgeon observed how the grafted tissues would inosculate.
• The root systems of adjacent trees often inosculate underground.
• In botanical studies, we examine how plant vessels inosculate.
• The old poet wrote of lovers who inosculate beneath the stars.