Definition of Affixes

1. Noun. (plural of affix) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of affix) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Affixes

1. affix [v] - See also: affix

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affixes

affirming the consequent
affirmingly
affirms
affix
affixable
affixal
affixation
affixational
affixations
affixative
affixatives
affixed
affixedness
affixer
affixers
affixes (current term)
affixial
affixing
affixion
affixment
affixments
affixoid
affixt
affixture
affixtures
afflated
afflation
afflations
afflatus
afflatuses

Literary usage of Affixes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the Greek Language by Alpheus Crosby (1860)
"IL UNION OF THE affixes WITH THE ROOT A. REGULAR OPEN affixes. ... I. When the close affixes are annexed to a consonant, changes are often required by the ..."

2. English Lessons for English People by Edwin Abbott Abbott, John Robert Seeley (1901)
"affixes. A knowledge of the affixes is not so necessary for ... A list of the principal affixes liable to be misunderstood is therefore appended. ..."

3. The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer: Continued to the Present Time by Richard Burn (1797)
"... at the next affixes, in order to make their challenges' to them, ... at the affixes ; and at the ..."

4. The Hand Book of Standard Or American Phonography by Andrew Jackson Graham (1902)
"CONTRACTED affixes. § 231. (a) The speed and case of writing arc considerably increased by the employment of contractions for certain affixes which it would ..."

5. The Hebraic Tongue Restored and the True Meaning of the Hebrew Words Re by Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (1921)
"affixes. Those of the affixes which I have called nominal, are jobbed without ... Verbal affixes are those which are joined without intermediaries to verbs, ..."

6. Celtic Studies: from the German of Dr. Hermann Ebel: With an Introduction on by Hermann Wilhelm Ebel, William Kirby Sullivan (1863)
"Derivatives are words formed by the addition of affixes to verbal, nominal, and other stems. The affixes employed for this purpose are of two kinds: 1. ..."

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