Definition of "anastomose" [a•nas•to•mose]

• To join by anastomosis. (verb-transitive)
• To be connected by anastomosis, as blood vessels. (verb-intransitive)

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• "We now reach the confluence of the Nkonio or north-eastern, with the Mbokwe, or eastern branch, which anastomose to form the Gaboon; the latter, being apparently the larger of the two, preserves the title Mpolo."
• "To the north they probably anastomose with the Camarones, the Rumbi, the Kwa, the"
• "Acacia auriculiformis looks much like Acacia aulacocarpa and Acacia crassicarpa (see below), but the fine veins of the phyllodes are anastomose (interconnected), the pods are narrower and more undulate than those of Acacia aulacocarpa, and the funicle encircles each seed."