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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.
verb (used without object)
5.
Grammar. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix.
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Infix
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| a symbol (∼) indicating equivalency or similarity between two values. |
| a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: |
noun
6.
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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| infix | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 4. | grammar an affix inserted into the middle of a word |
| infix'ation | |
| —n | |
| infixion | |
| —n | |
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