| \OS-kyuh-leyt\ | verb
1. to kiss.
2. to bring into close contact or union. | | Quotes | And the Marquis, whose rough, red beard was trembling with emotion, effusively osculated the ducal paw.
-- P. W. Wilson, "The Three Young Citizens," Boy's Life, December 1924 | | Origin | | Osculate is formed with the Latin word for "mouth," ōs, and a suffix used to create English verbs from Latin, -ate. It entered English in the mid-1600s. | |
