GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Infix (?), 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 (?), 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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