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in⋅fix

[v. in-fiks, in-fiks; n. in-fiks]
–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.
–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.”

Origin:
1495–1505; < L infīxus ptp. of infīgere to fasten in. See in- 2 , fix


in⋅fix⋅ion [in-fik-shuhn] , noun


3. inculcate.
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