Found 2 items, similar to Infix.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: infix
infix
v 1: put or introduce into something;
“insert a picture into the
text” [syn:
insert,
enter,
introduce]
2: attach a morpheme into a stem word
infix
n : an affix that is inserted inside the word
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Infix
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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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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