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splicing

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verb

  1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
  2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
  3. To unite in marriage.
  4. To unite as if splicing.“He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.”

noun

  1. The act by which things are spliced.
  2. The point at which two things are spliced.

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