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Webster 1913 Edition
Infix
In-fix′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Infixed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Infixing
.] 1.
To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in;
as, to
. infix
a sting, spear, or dartShak.
The fatal dart a ready passage found,
And deep within her heart
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 memoryIn′fix
,Noun.
1.
Something infixed.
[R.]
Welsford.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infix
INFIX'
,Verb.
T.
1.
To fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear or dart.2.
To set in; to fasten in something.3.
To implant or fix, as principles,thoughts, instructions, as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.Definition 2024
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See also: Infix
English
Verb
infix (third-person singular simple present infixes, present participle infixing, simple past and past participle infixed)
- (transitive) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
- to infix a sting, spear, or dart
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- Dryden
- The fatal dart a ready passage found, / And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
- (transitive) To instill.
- (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
Noun
infix (plural infixes)
- (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as -bloody- in English.
- (linguistics, proscribed) A morpheme that always appears between other morphemes in a word, such as -i- and -o- in English.
Coordinate terms
- (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix
Derived terms
Translations
morpheme inserted into word
