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An infixing stillness, now thrust a long rivet through the night, and fast nailed it to that side of the world.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

Languages in India, families of, 70. —— isolating, combinatory, and inflectional, 79. —— suffixing, prefixing, affixing, and infixing, 85.

From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah