osculate

t. & i. [Lat. osculatus, pa. par. of osculor to ki , from osculum a little mouth, a ki ; dim in. from os a mouth.] A. Transitive : 1. Lit. & Ord. Lang.: To ki . 2. Fig . & Geom.: To touch; as one curve touches another when they have the same curvature at the point of contact. B. Intransitive: 1. Lit. & Ord. Lang.: To ki . 2. Fig. & Geom.: To touch; as, curves osculate. os-cu-lāt-ing, pr. par. & a. [OSCULATE.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective: *1. Lit & Ord. Lang .: Ki ing. 2. Fig . & Geom . Touching, as two curves. fate, fat, färe, amidst, what, fall, o-sērsk-ite, s . [After Major-Gen. Oserski; suff. Mineral.: A columnar form of Aragonite (q. v.), found at Nertschinsk, Transbaikal, Asiatic Ru ia. Ō-şi-ăn-dri-an, s. [See def.] Church Hist . ( pl .): A section of German Protest ants, who followed Andrew Hosemann (Latinized Osiander) in his opinion that the Atonement was wrought by the power of the divine, and not of the human nature of Christ. After the execution of Funch, the son-in-law of Osiander, in 1566, the sect dwindled away, and soon became extinct.