† 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.
| 1623 Cockeram, Deosculate, to kiss sweetly. 1658 Phillips, Deosculation, a kissing with eagernesse. a 1699 Stillingfl. (J.), Acts of worship required to be performed to images, viz. processions, genuflections, thurifications, and deosculations. 1755 T. Amory Memoirs 440 note. 1783 Ainsworth Lat. Dict. (Morell) 1, Deosculation, osculatio. |