dictionary definitions for "infix"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              The fatal dart a ready passage found,
              And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infix \In"fix\, n.
     1. Something infixed. [R.] --Welsford.
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     2. (Grammar) An element that is inserted into the body of an
        elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  infix
      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


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