Dictionary entry

Inosculate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐os″cu‐late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Inosculated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Inosculating (?).] [Pref. in- in + osculate.] 1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.

The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.