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Webster 1913 Edition

Fix

Fix

(fĭks)
,
Adj.
[OE., fr. L.
fixus
, p. p. of
figere
to fix; cf. F.
fixe
.]
Fixed; solidified.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Fix

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fixed
(fĭkst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Fixing
.]
[Cf. F.
fixer
.]
1.
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
An ass’s nole I
fixed
on his head.
Shakespeare
O,
fix
thy chair of grace, that all my powers
May also
fix
their reverence.
Herbert.
His heart is
fixed
, trusting in the Lord.
Ps. cxii. 7.
And
fix
far deeper in his head their stings.
Milton.
2.
To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
Sat
fixed
in thought the mighty Stagirite.
Pope.
One eye on death, and one full
fix'd
on heaven.
Young.
3.
To transfix; to pierce.
[Obs.]
Sandys.
4.
(Photog.)
To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.
Abney.
5.
To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair;
as, to
fix
the clothes; to
fix
the furniture of a room.
[Colloq. U.S.]
Syn. – To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.

Fix

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
Your kindness banishes your fear,
Resolved to
fix
forever here.
Waller.
2.
To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
Bacon.
To fix on
,
to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding;
as, the contracting parties have
fixed on
certain leading points
.

Fix

,
Noun.
1.
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
[Colloq.]
Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, – so that he is in an almighty
fix
.
De Quincey.
2.
(Iron Manuf.)
fettling.
[U.S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Fix

FIX

,
Verb.
T.
[L. firus, figo.]
1.
To make stable; to set or establish immovably. The universe is governed by fixed laws.
2.
To set or place permanently; to establish. The prince fixed his residence at York. The seat of our government is fixed at Washington in the district of Columbia. Some men have no fixed opinions.
3.
To make fast; to fasten; to attach firmly; as, to fix a cord or line to a hook.
4.
To set or place steadily; to direct, as the eye, without moving it; to fasten. The gentleman fixed his eyes on the speaker, and addressed him with firmness.
5.
To set or direct steadily, without wandering; as, to fix the attention. The preacher fixes the attention of his audience, or the hearers fix their attention on the preacher.
6.
To set or make firm, so as to bear a high degree of heat without evaporating; to deprive of volatility. Gold, diamonds, silver, platina, are among the most fixed bodies.
7.
To transfix; to pierce. [Little used.]
8.
To withhold from motion.
9.
In popular use, to put in order; to prepare; to adjust; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; as, to fix clothes or dress; to fix the furniture of a room. this use is analogous to that of set, in the phrase, to set a razor.

FIX

, v.i.
1.
To rest; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering.
Your kindness banishes your fear, resolved to fix forever here.
2.
To become firm, so as to resist volatilization.
3.
To cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable; as a metallic substance.
To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution on any thing; to determine on. The contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. the legislature fixed on Wethersfield as the place for a State Prison.

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