Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To kiss.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb obsolete To kiss warmly.

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  • deosculate well, don't tell

    May 12, 2008

  • "To kiss affectionately. Hence deosculation, kissing." - OED

    October 21, 2008

  • How is it that deosculate and osculate mean the same thing? I'd expect this to mean "unkiss".

    April 8, 2010