Inosculate
Inosculate , intransitive verb
[Prefix in- in + osculate.]
1.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
2.
To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes.
Inosculate , transitive verb
1.
To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. — Berkeley
2.
To unite intimately; to cause to become as one.
They were still together, grew
(For so they said themselves) inosculated.