affix

[af·fix]

When you affix something, you stick it on to something else. You might affix a stamp to a letter or affix colorful stickers to your notebook.

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To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Noun
a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

Verb
attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes afix to the stem"

Verb
add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"

Verb
attach to; "affix the seal here"


v. t.
To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

v. t.
To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.

v. t.
To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.

v. t.
To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.

n.
That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.


Affix

Af*fix" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affixed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Affixing.] [LL. affixare, L. affixus, p. p. of affigere to fasten to; ad + figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. affigere. See Fix.] 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing. 2. To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food.
3. To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one. 4. To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.] Spenser. Syn. -- To attach; subjoin; connect; annex; unite.

Affix

Af"fix , n.; pl. Affixes (). [L. affixus, p. p. of affigere: cf. F. affixe.] That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

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