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spliced

The correct spelling is spliced.

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verb

Say it like: Spl-ise-d

The correct spelling is spliced. 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. For example: "He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition."

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He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.

Definition

verb

  1. 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. 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. 3.To unite in marriage.
  4. 4.To unite as if splicing.
  5. 5.To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.

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