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Infix definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INFIX', v.t. [L. infixus, infigo; in and figo, to fix.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an affix that is inserted inside the word v
1: put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, infix, enter, introduce]
2: attach a morpheme into a stem word

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin infixus, past participle of infigere, from in- + figere to fasten — more at fix Date: 1502 1. to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in 2. to impress firmly in the consciousness or disposition 3. to insert (as a sound or letter) as an infix Synonyms: see implant • infixation noun II. noun Date: 1881 a derivational or inflectional affix appearing in the body of a word (as Sanskrit -n- in vindami “I know” as contrasted with vid “to know”) III. adjective Date: 1971 characterized by placement of a binary operator between the operands <a + b is expressed in infix notation> — compare postfix, prefix

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by in) a fix (a thing in another). b impress (a fact etc. in the mind). 2 Gram. insert (a formative element) into the body of a word. --n. Gram. a formative element inserted in a word. Derivatives: infixation n. Etymology: L infigere infix- (as IN-(2), FIX): (n.) after prefix, suffix

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Infix 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Infix In"fix, n. Something infixed. [R.] --Welsford.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Fasten, plant, set, fix. 2. Implant, ingraft, instil, inculcate, infuse.

Moby Thesaurus

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