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   Splice

   /splīs/

   

   verb

   • 1. join or connect (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands: "we learned how to weave and splice ropes"
   • ▪ join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends: "commercials can be spliced in later"
   • ▪ join or insert (a gene or gene fragment): "they have spliced a gene into tomatoes that improves flavor"

   noun

   • 1. a union of two ropes, pieces of timber, or similar materials spliced together at the ends: "so smooth is the splice that you can't see the join"

   Word Origin early 16th century: probably from Middle Dutch splissen, of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. splicer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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