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† deˈosculate, v. Obs. rare—0.
[f. L. deosculārī to kiss warmly or affectionately, f. de- I. 3 + osculārī to kiss.]
To kiss affectionately. Hence † deoscuˈlation, kissing.
1623Cockeram, Deosculate, to kiss sweetly. 1658Phillips, Deosculation, a kissing with eagernesse. a1699Stillingfl. (J.), Acts of worship required to be performed to images, viz. processions, genuflections, thurifications, and deosculations. 1755T. Amory Memoirs 440 note. 1783Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) 1, Deosculation, osculatio. |