10 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb come together or open into each other
verb cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
originFirst attested in 1672; from in- + osculate or its Latin etymon ōsculātus, perfect active participle of Latin osculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from ōsculum (“a kiss”). The adjective is a back-formation from inosculation, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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