Meaning of INFIX
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'in`fiks, [v]in'fiks
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- [n] an affix that is inserted inside the word
- [v] attach a morpheme into a stem word
- [v] put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"
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| | Synonyms: | | enter, insert, introduce |
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| | See Also: | | affix, affix, attach, cannulate, cannulise, cannulize, canulate, connect, embed, engraft, graft, imbed, implant, input, instil, instill, intubate, penetrate, plant, plug in, sandwich, transplant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infixed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Infixing}.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref.
in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See {Fix}.]
1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as,
to infix a sting, spear, or dart. --Shak.
The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep
within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden.
2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as
principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good
principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.
\In"fix\, n.
Something infixed. [R.] --Welsford.
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