RECOMBINE
recombine
(verb) to combine or put together again
recombine
(verb) cause genetic recombination; “should scientists recombine DNA?”
recombine
(verb) undergo genetic recombination; “The DNA can recombine”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
recombine (third-person singular simple present recombines, present participle recombining, simple past and past participle recombined)
(genetics, ambitransitive) To combine again, especially to reassemble the parts of something previously taken apart in a different manner.
(genetics, intransitive) To undergo recombination.
Source: Wiktionary
Re`com*bine" (r`km*bn"), v. t.
Definition: To combine again.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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