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   Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
   To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
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   An ass's nole I fixed on his head.
   Shak.
   
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   O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
   May also fix their reverence.
   Herbert.
   
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   His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
   Ps. cxii. 7.
   
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   And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
   Milton.
   
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   To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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   Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite.
   Pope.
   
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   One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
   Young.
   
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   To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.]
   Sandys.
   
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   (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.
   Abney.
   
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   To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
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   (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
   Syn. -- To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.
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   Fixed , a.
    Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; immovable; unalterable.
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   (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile.
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   Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. -- Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. -- Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. -- Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. -- Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4. -- Fixed fact, a well established fact. [Colloq.] -- Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. -- Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils. -- Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. -- Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets.
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