Inosculated

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

  Inosculate \In*os"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Inosculated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Inosculating}.] [Pref. in- in + osculate.]
     1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels
        at their extremities; to anastomose.
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     2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
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              The several monthly divisions of the journal may
              inosculate, but not the several volumes. --De
                                                    Quincey.
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