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Circa 1525, borrowed from Middle Dutchsplissen (Modern Dutchsplitsen); akin to Middle Dutch splitten(“to split”), Germanspleißen(“to split, splice”), Spliss(“split ends, hair breakage”), Frenchépisser(also from Dutch). The Dutch word originally referred only to the fraying of the ropes' ends but was then also used for the entire process of fraying and retying; hence the peculiar semantic development from “split” to “join”. The same development occurred in German.
splice (third-person singular simple presentsplices, present participlesplicing, simple past and past participlespliced)
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.
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.
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