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Definition of Infix

1. Verb. Put or introduce into something. "Insert a picture into the text"

2. Noun. An affix that is inserted inside the word.

3. Verb. Attach a morpheme into a stem word.

Definition of Infix

1. v. t. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

2. n. Something infixed.

Definition of Infix

1. Verb. (transitive) To instill. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word. ¹

3. Noun. (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as (term -i-) and (term -o-) in English. This adds additional meaning or alters the meaning of the morpheme it is inserted into. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infix

1. to implant [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: implant

Medical Definition of Infix

1. 1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. "The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound." (Dryden) 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. Origin: L. Infixus, p.p of infigere to infix; pref. In- in + figere to fix: cf. F. Infixer. See Fix. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infix

infirmary infirmation infirmative infirmatories infirmatory infirmed infirmer infirmest infirming infirmities

infirmity infirmly infirmness infirms infitah infix (current term) infix notation infixal infixation infixations

infixed infixes infixing infixion infixions inflame inflamed inflamed ulcer inflamedness inflamer

Literary usage of Infix

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

1. The Inform Designer's Manual by Graham Nelson (2001)
"§7 infix and the debugging verbs If builders built buildings the way programmers ... infix allows you to watch changes happening to objects and monitor ..."

2. A complete dictionary of the English languageby Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1797)
"Jm-li'.kab-l^. ad. With malice not to be pacified, inexorably. To IMPLANT, Im-plant', va To infix, to infert, to place, to engraft. ..."

3. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"... imir, when not immediately followed by a vowel) ; these [Z] forms have taken possession of the verb altogether, save with infix pron. ; V. 90, ..."

4. A Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages: A Concise Exposition by Karl Brugmann, Robert Seymour Conway, William Henry Denham Rouse (1895)
"Root -f- Nasal infix + Thematic Vowel forming the Present Stem. § 627. This class stands to the preceding in the same relation as Class II B to Class I, ..."

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