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infix

[verb in-fiks, in-fiks; noun in-fiks]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to fix, fasten, or drive in: He infixed the fatal spear.
  2. to implant: to infix a habit.
  3. to instill (a fact, idea, etc.) in the mind or memory; impress.
  4. Grammar. to add as an infix.
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verb (used without object)
  1. Grammar. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix.
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noun
  1. Grammar. an affix that is inserted within the body of the element to which it is added, as Latin m in accumbō “I lie down,” as compared with accubuī “I lay down.”
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Origin of infix

1495–1505; < Latin infīxus past participle of infīgere to fasten in. See in-2, fix
Related formsin·fix·ion [in-fik-shuh n] /ɪnˈfɪk ʃən/, nounun·in·fixed, adjective

Synonyms

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3. inculcate.
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Historical Examples

  • I have a friend who loves me as his life, and in whose breast I should infix a mortal sting if I ungratefully left him.

    Mathilda

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  • It is more than to infuse, it is to infix it in such a manner as that it never may wear out.

British Dictionary definitions for infix

infix

verb (ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks)
  1. (tr) to fix firmly in
  2. (tr) to instil or inculcate
  3. grammar to insert (an affix) or (of an affix) to be inserted into the middle of a word
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noun (ˈɪnˌfɪks)
  1. grammar an affix inserted into the middle of a word
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Derived Formsinfixation or infixion (ɪnˈfɪkʃən), noun
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