caress (v.) Copy link Outline 1. blandior, 4 (with dat.)2. mulceo, permulceo; palpo or palpor, 13. oscŭlor, 1 (strictly to kiss • caress (v.): 1. blandior, 4 (with dat.): Ov.: Plin.: v. to coax. 2. mulceo, permulceo; palpo or palpor, 1: v. to fondle. 3. oscŭlor, 1 (strictly to kiss: q. v.): they embraced, they c.'d my enemy, inimicum meum amplexabantur, osculabantur, Cic.: v. to embrace.