Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to osculate
Participle: osculated
Gerund: osculating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | osculate |
| you | osculate |
| he;she;it | osculates |
| we | osculate |
| you | osculate |
| they | osculate |
Perfect
| I | have osculated |
| you | have osculated |
| he;she;it | has osculated |
| we | have osculated |
| you | have osculated |
| they | have osculated |
Past
| I | osculated |
| you | osculated |
| he;she;it | osculated |
| we | osculated |
| you | osculated |
| they | osculated |
Pluperfect
| I | had osculated |
| you | had osculated |
| he;she;it | had osculated |
| we | had osculated |
| you | had osculated |
| they | had osculated |
Future
| I | will osculate |
| you | will osculate |
| he;she;it | will osculate |
| we | will osculate |
| you | will osculate |
| they | will osculate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have osculated |
| you | will have osculated |
| he;she;it | will have osculated |
| we | will have osculated |
| you | will have osculated |
| they | will have osculated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | osculate |
| you | osculate |
| he;she;it | osculate |
| we | osculate |
| you | osculate |
| they | osculate |
Perfect
| I | have osculated |
| you | have osculated |
| he;she;it | have osculated |
| we | have osculated |
| you | have osculated |
| they | have osculated |
Imperfect
| I | osculated |
| you | osculated |
| he;she;it | osculated |
| we | osculated |
| you | osculated |
| they | osculated |
Pluperfect
| I | had osculated |
| you | had osculated |
| he;she;it | had osculated |
| we | had osculated |
| you | had osculated |
| they | had osculated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would osculate |
| you | would osculate |
| he;she;it | would osculate |
| we | would osculate |
| you | would osculate |
| they | would osculate |
Perfect
| I | would have osculated |
| you | would have osculated |
| he;she;it | would have osculated |
| we | would have osculated |
| you | would have osculated |
| they | would have osculated |
Imperative
| you | osculate |
| we | Let's osculate |
| you | osculate |
Verbs conjugated like 'osculate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'osculate'
deosculate,
escalate,
exosculate,
inosculate,
jaculate,
maculate,
masculate,
occupate,
oscillate,
oscitate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to kiss; to touch with the lips
- buss, goozer, kiss, lallygag, lock lips, make out, play tonsil hockey, smooch, suck face, swap spit
- kiss
- buss, smack, smooch, bus, peck, lip
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to kiss," 1656, from L. osculari, from osculum "kiss," lit. "little mouth," dim. of os "mouth" (see oral).
2. Borrowed from Latin ōsculātus, perfect active participle of ōsculor (“to kiss”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ōsculum (“a kiss”) + -or (verbal suffix), from ōs (“mouth”) + -culum (diminutive suffix). See also oscillate.
Sample Sentences
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And in the Olmsted Hotel in Cleveland he surprised a porter and a maid lasciviously osculating in a stairwell. [2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:]