About The Word Infix
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Infix
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What's The Definition Of Infix?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Infix: enter | insert | introduce Related Terms | Find terms related to Infix: accidence | add | adjoin | affix | affixation | agglutinate | allomorph | allonge | annex | append | appendix | aside | attach | beat into | bed | bound morpheme | brainwash | burden | catechize | coda | codicil | commentary | complicate | condition | confirm | conjoin | conjugation | cutting | declension | decorate | deep-dye | define | derivation | difference of form | embed | enclitic | encumber | engraft | engrave | entrench | envoi | epilogue | episode | establish | etch | fit in | fix | formative | found | free form | glue on | grave | ground | hitch on | IC analysis | imbue | immediate constituent analysis | impact | implant | impregnate | impress | imprint | inculcate | indoctrinate | infixation | inflection | infuse | ingrain | injection | inlay | inoculate | inscribe | inseminate | insert | insertion | insinuation | instill | intercalation | interjection | interlineation | interlocution | interpolation | introduction | jam | join with | lodge | marginalia | morph | morpheme | morphemic analysis | morphemics | morphology | morphophonemics | note | obiter dictum | ornament | pack | paradigm | parenthesis | paste on | plant | plus | postfix | postscript | prefix | prefixation | print | proclitic | program | put with | radical | remark | rider | root | saddle with | scholia | seat | set | set in | settle | side remark | slap on | stamp | stem | stereotype | subjoin | suffix | suffixation | superadd | superpose | tack on | tag | tag on | tail | tessellate | theme | tossing-in | unite with | wedge | word-formation 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 Infix In Webster's Dictionary \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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