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infix
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun infix has 1 sense
- infix(n = noun.communication) Array - an affix that is inserted inside the word; Array is a kind of affix
Derived form verb infix2
Verb infix has 2 senses
- infix(v = verb.contact) enter, insert, introduce - put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" is one way to attach
- infix(v = verb.contact) Array - attach a morpheme into a stem word; Array is one way to affix
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Derived form noun infix1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
infix, v. t. [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See Fix.].
- To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. Shak. [1913 Webster]"The fatal dart a ready passage found,
And deep within her heart infixed the wound." [1913 Webster] - 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. [1913 Webster]
infix, n.
- Something infixed. Welsford. [1913 Webster]
- An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
infix, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in) a fix (a thing in another). b impress (a fact etc. in the mind).
2 Gram. insert (a formative element) into the body of a word.
--n. Gram. a formative element inserted in a word.
--v.tr.
1 (often foll. by in) a fix (a thing in another). b impress (a fact etc. in the mind).
2 Gram. insert (a formative element) into the body of a word.
--n. Gram. a formative element inserted in a word.
Derivative
infixation n.
Etymology
L infigere infix- (as IN-(2), FIX): (n.) after prefix, suffix
THESAURUS
infix
IC analysis, accidence, add, adjoin, affix, affixation, agglutinate, allomorph, allonge, annex, append, appendix, aside, attach, beat into, bed, bound morpheme, brainwash, burden, catechize, coda, codicil, commentary, complicate, condition, confirm, conjoin, conjugation, cutting, declension, decorate, deep-dye, define, derivation, difference of form, embed, enclitic, encumber, engraft, engrave, entrench, envoi, epilogue, episode, establish, etch, fit in, fix, formative, found, free form, glue on, grave, ground, hitch on, imbue, immediate constituent analysis, impact, implant, impregnate, impress, imprint, inculcate, indoctrinate, infixation, inflection, infuse, ingrain, injection, inlay, inoculate, inscribe, inseminate, insert, insertion, insinuation, instill, intercalation, interjection, interlineation, interlocution, interpolation, introduction, jam, join with, lodge, marginalia, morph, morpheme, morphemic analysis, morphemics, morphology, morphophonemics, note, obiter dictum, ornament, pack, paradigm, parenthesis, paste on, plant, plus, postfix, postscript, prefix, prefixation, print, proclitic, program, put with, radical, remark, rider, root, saddle with, scholia, seat, set, set in, settle, side remark, slap on, stamp, stem, stereotype, subjoin, suffix, suffixation, superadd, superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tail, tessellate, theme, tossing-in, unite with, wedge, word-formationROGET THESAURUS
infix
Teaching
VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.
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