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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]