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splice (splīs)

transitive verb spliced, splicing splic′·ing

  1. to join or unite (ropes or rope ends) by weaving together the end strands
  2. to join the ends of (timbers) by overlapping and binding or bolting together
  3. to fasten the ends of (wire, film, audiotape, etc.) together, as by twisting, soldering, cementing, etc.
  4. Slang to join in marriage

Etymology: MDu splissen, akin to splitten, to split

noun

a joint or joining made by splicing

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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