Anastomosing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anastomose \A*nas"to*mose\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Anastomozed};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Anastomosing}.] [Cf. F. anastomoser, fr.
     anastomose. See {Anastomosis}.]
     1. (Anat. & Bot.) To inosculate; to intercommunicate by
        anastomosis, as the arteries and veins.
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              The ribbing of the leaf, and the anastomosing
              network of its vessels.               --I. Taylor.
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     2. Of any channels or lines, to meet and unite or run into
        each other, as rivers; to coalesce; to interjoin.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]