affix
[verb uh-fiks; noun af-iks]
- to fasten, join, or attach (usually followed by to): to affix stamps to a letter.
- to put or add on; append: to affix a signature to a contract.
- to impress (a seal or stamp).
- to attach (blame, reproach, ridicule, etc.).
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- something that is joined or attached.
- Grammar. a bound inflectional or derivational element, as a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a word, as -ed added to want to form wanted, or im- added to possible to form impossible.
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Origin of affix
1525–35; < Latin affīxus fastened to (past participle of affīgere), equivalent to af- af- + fīg- fasten + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
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Contemporary Examples
But what we don't get from Rubin or Harris is why exactly Hagel refused to affix his name to the letter.
And he did, in fact, affix his Hancock to the tax increases in question.
Historical Examples
These are, however, reports to which I do not affix much credit.
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, CompleteLewis Goldsmith
To neither did he affix his name, but the latter was said to be by “a Gentleman of Oxford.”
The Poetical Works of William CollinsWilliam Collins
Affix them to the bench by nails or screws, preferably the latter.
Electricity for BoysJ. S. Zerbe
On the right is the pear-tree, to which later on we have to affix a captive pear.
The Father of his Country did not affix his revered name to so palpable an absurdity.
affix
- to attach, fasten, join, or stickto affix a poster to the wall
- to add or appendto affix a signature to a document
- to attach or attribute (guilt, blame, etc)
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Word Origin
C15: from Medieval Latin affixāre, from ad- to + fixāre to fix
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Word Origin and History for affix
v.
1530s, from Medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus) "fasten to, attach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)).
First used by Scottish writers and perhaps from Middle French affixer, a temporarily re-Latinized spelling of Old French afichier (Modern French afficher). Related: Affixed; affixing.
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n.
1610s, from affix (v.).
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