verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To combine again, especially to reassemble the parts of something previously taken apart in a different manner. ambitransitive
2. 2
   to combine or put together again wordnet
3. 3
   To undergo recombination. intransitive
4. 4
   cause genetic recombination wordnet
5. 5
   undergo genetic recombination wordnet

Etymology

From re- + combine.

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