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61Ecclesiastical Terms — Christianity is an institution of extraordinary duration and complexity (not to mention insularity) and, over the past 2000 years, has developed its own extensive vocabulary that is largely incomprehensible to laypersons. This surprisingly large… …
62osculate — [ ɒskjʊleɪt] verb 1》 Mathematics (of curves or surfaces) touch so as to have a common tangent at the point of contact. 2》 humorous kiss. Derivatives osculant adjective osculation noun osculatory adjective Origi …
63osculant — a. 1. Kissing, osculatory, osculating. 2. (Ent.) Embracing, adhering …
64tangent — adj touching, contiguous, in contact, contactual, tangential, Geom. (of a curve) osculatory, Both Obs. attingent, attiguous; meeting, coming together, convergent, converging, intersecting, concurrent, overlapping; abutting, bordering, neighboring …
65touching — adv 1. affecting, effective, moving, stirring, soul stirring, heart moving, heart swelling, emotive; impressive, striking, breath taking, thrilling, exciting, rousing, stimulating, stimulative; poignant, tender, plaintive; heartrending,… …
66osculate — [c]/ˈɒskjəleɪt / (say oskyuhlayt) verb (osculated, osculating) –verb (t) 1. to kiss. 2. to bring into close contact or union. 3. Geometry to touch so as to have three or more points in common at the point of contact. –verb (i) 4. to kiss each… …
67osculate — v.i. make contact; coincide; jocular, kiss. ♦ osculant, ♦ osculatory, ♦ oscular, a. pertaining to mouth or kissing. ♦ osculation n …
68osculate — [äs′kyo͞o lāt΄, äs′kyəlāt΄] vt., vi. osculated, osculating [< L osculatus, pp. of osculari, to kiss < osculum, little mouth: see OSCULUM] 1. to kiss: a pretentious or facetious usage 2. to touch closely osculation n. osculatory [äs′kyo͞olə… …
69osculate — v. 1 tr. Math. (of a curve or surface) have contact of at least the second order with; have two branches with a common tangent, with each branch extending in both directions of the tangent. 2 v.intr. & tr. joc. kiss. 3 intr. Biol. (of a species… …
70pax-board — paxˈ board or paxˈ brede noun An osculatory • • • Main Entry: ↑pax …
