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affix

[v. uh-fiks; n. af-iks]

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verb (used with object)

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.).

noun

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:
1525–35; < Latin affīxus fastened to (past participle of affīgere), equivalent to af- af- + fīg- fasten + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

af·fix·a·ble, adjective

af·fix·al

[a-fik-suhl] , af·fix·i·al

[a-fik-see-uhl] , adjective

af·fix·er, noun

af·fix·ment, noun

re·af·fix, verb (used with object)

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un·af·fixed, adjective

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Example Sentences

The bread seems to affix itself magnetically to the fingers.

Store these smaller boxes in drawers and affix the boxes with prominent labels that indicate their contents.

Remove the protective backing on the double-stick tape on the top edge and affix the film to it.

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The bread seems to affix itself magnetically to the fingers.

Store these smaller boxes in drawers and affix the boxes with prominent labels that indicate their contents.

Remove the protective backing on the double-stick tape on the top edge and affix the film to it.

He hopes to one day permanently affix artificial legs to the bones of horses and other creatures.

Affix clove to orange or lemon zest by pushing it through the skin.

The artisan uses the last to tack down damp leather and affix the sole with pegs.

The buffer prevented damage to the silicon during a high-temperature annealing process used to affix the thin film.

Affix a mirror or piece of polished, galvanized steel to the top surface.

It is illegal to affix any sign or flier to a lamppost, and these have been glued down, making them almost impossible to remove.

But if nothing else, she is a politician on whom labels do not affix easily.

And for customers who want to use an umbrella as a cane, the shop will affix a rubber tip to the sturdier models.

Trump, a man eager to affix his name to every conceivable monument, has become a monument to whom others desperately.

Three members of the research team affix a black rubber collar around the cat's.

Local judges severely fine political parties that affix their posters anywhere but on designated billboards.

It's easy to affix it to your dash via a suction cup.

Block said that apartment renters should be sure landlords will let them permanently affix radiator covers.

It's to affix an oscillator to an existing one, much as you'd attach a silencer to the barrel of a gun.

Print the design on standard paper and use that as a guide to affix your ribbon to the paper with double-sided tape.

All the jury was required to do was affix a damages figure.

Showy flowers are designed to attract birds and bees, and they make pollen that is designed to affix to their pollinators.

The device was slipped into a sleeve that contained small magnets to affix it to the car.

Soon enough, his enemies and even admirers and friends came to affix another adjective to his name: reckless.

The men place a cement block on the pallet, and affix an orange flag to the top of the block.

The designers used magazine glue to affix pennies to the background.

To help with aerodynamics, teams will affix extended handlebars.

Refusing to affix them gave me some freedom of action in the world of heraldry, and so with her names.

Children are supposed to affix them to three clear plastic jars where they can drop their coins and bills.

Hozer leave this area of inquiry unexplored, perhaps not wishing to affix a medical label to their subject's personality.

Methinks he must have been grievously tempted to affix the other end of the rope to some convenient beam or bough.

Then and there the sovereign asked the minister of his court to affix his seal.

Staff behind the counter weigh and package the items you choose and affix a price tag.

My polypropylene wick socks would affix themselves in the coagulated blood from ruptured blisters.

Sales personnel will help you fill out the form and will affix the store-identification stamp.

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World English Dictionary

affix

—vb
1.	to attach, fasten, join, or stick: to affix a poster to the wall
2.	to add or append: to affix a signature to a document
3.	to attach or attribute (guilt, blame, etc)

—n
4.	prefix suffix See also infix a linguistic element added to a word or root to produce a derived or inflected form: -ment in establishment is a derivational affix; -s in drowns is an inflectional affix
5.	something fastened or attached; appendage

[C15: from Medieval Latin affixāre, from ad- to + fixāre to fix]

affixation

—n

affixture

—n

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Word Origin & History

affix

1530s, from M.L. affixare, freq. of L. affigere (pp. affixus) "fasten to," from ad- "to" + figere "fasten" (see fix). First used by Scottish writers and perhaps from M.Fr. affixer, a temporarily re-Latinized spelling of O.Fr. afichier (modern Fr. afficher).

Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia

affix

a grammatical element that is combined with a word, stem, or phrase to produce derived and inflected forms. There are three types of affixes: prefixes, infixes, and suffixes. A prefix occurs at the beginning of a word or stem (sub-mit, pre-determine, un-willing); a suffix at the end (wonder-ful, depend-ent, act-ion); and an infix occurs in the middle. English has no infixes, but they are found in American Indian languages, Greek, Tagalog, and elsewhere. Examples of English inflectional suffixes are illustrated by the -s of "cats," the -er of "longer," and the -ed of "asked." See also morphology

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