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1. Be intermediate between two taxonomic groups
   "These species osculate"
    
2. Have at least three points in common with
   "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"
    
3. Touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.
   - kiss, buss [N. Amer]

Derived forms: osculated, osculating, osculates

See also: osculation, osculator

Type of: be, share, touch

Encyclopedia: Osculate