INFIX


Meaning of INFIX in English

— infixion /in fik"sheuhn/ , n.

v. /in fiks", in"fiks'/ ; n. /in"fiks'/ , v.t.

1. to fix, fasten, or drive in: He infixed the fatal spear.

2. to implant: to infix a habit.

3. to instill (a fact, idea, etc.) in the mind or memory; impress.

4. Gram. to add as an infix.

v.i.

5. Gram. (of a linguistic form) to admit an infix.

n.

6. Gram. an affix that is inserted within the body of the element to which it is added, as Latin m in accumbo "I lie down," as compared with accubui "I lay down."

[ 1495-1505; infixus ptp. of infigere to fasten in. See IN- 2 , FIX ]

Syn. 3. inculcate.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .