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circumfix

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cir⋅cum⋅fix

  [sur-kuhm-fiks] Grammar
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–noun
1. a prefix and a suffix attached to a root or stem, as the a and -ing in a-going.
–verb (used with object)
2. to add a circumfix to.
Related forms:
cir⋅cum⋅fix⋅a⋅tion, noun
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cir·cum·fix   (sûr'kəm-fĭks')   
n.  An affix consisting of a prefix and a suffix, such as the progressive present marker a- ... -ing in dialectal English I'm a-going or the past participle marker y- ... -t in archaic English yclept.
tr.v.   cir·cum·fixed, cir·cum·fix·ing, cir·cum·fix·es
To add as a circumfix.
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