Crossword clues for affix
affix
- Attach firmly
- Add-on to the start or end of a word stem (as in 17-, 25-, 35-, 49- and 57-Across)
- Tack on
- Fasten (to)
- A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
- Fasten; attach
- Subjoin
- Fasten to something else
- Stick on, as a stamp
- Add on
- Attach, as postage
- Attach securely
- Attach (to)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
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.]
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.
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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.
--Ray. 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.
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To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.]
--Spenser.Syn: To attach; subjoin; connect; annex; unite.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, from Medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere (past participle affixus) "fasten to, attach," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + figere "fasten" (see fix (v.)).\n
\nFirst used by Scottish writers and perhaps from Middle French affixer, a temporarily re-Latinized spelling of Old French afichier (Modern French afficher). Related: Affixed; affixing.
1610s, from affix (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 That which is affixed; an appendage. 2 (context linguistic morphology English) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end; the term is a synonym to suffix, postfix. 3 (context linguistic morphology English) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; the term comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes. 4 (context mathematics English) The complex number associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates . 5 (context decorative art English) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other ustensil, to an architectural feature. vb. 1 To attach. 2 To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. 3 To fix or fasten figuratively; with ''on'' or ''upon''.
WordNet
n. a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
v. attach to; "affix the seal here" [syn: stick on]
add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" [syn: append, add on, supplement]
attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes afix to the stem"
Wikipedia
An affix (in modern sense) is a morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word. Affixes may be derivational, like English -ness and pre-, or inflectional, like English plural -s and past tense -ed. They are bound morphemes by definition; prefixes and suffixes may be separable affixes. Affixations, the linguistic process speakers use form different words by adding morphemes (affixes) at the beginning (prefixation), the middle (infixation) or the end (suffixation) of words.
Usage examples of "affix".
Rather large squares, though difficult to affix, seemed more efficient than very small ones.
Upon completion, the King should affix his signature and seal to the new constitution, thus signifying his acceptance of all conditions set forth therein.
Let us draw up a set of resolutions to stand together, for the defence of our homes, to death, if needs be, and each man present affix his signature thereto.
But he is not ready to tell Botkin or Koss the wildest of his suspicions: the double helix somehow codes not only for its own messenger, but also for the elusive adaptor, the ribosome assembly line, and all the enzymes needed to recognize the adaptor, affix the amino acids, promote the growing chain, and trim the finished proteins.
Behind him, Ponter could see Dern and Adikor using power tools to affix their end of the Derkers tube to the granite floor of the quantum-computing chamber.
It was a pleasant enough diversion to affix whatever legend we could think of to that place.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed at Washington, this second day of December, A.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed, this fifteenth day of September, A.
A glass filament, not thicker than a horsehair, and from a quarter to threequarters of an inch in length, was affixed to the part to be observed by means of shellac dissolved in alcohol.
A glass filament with a bead at its end was affixed to the basal half or leg, just above the hypogean cotyledons, which were again almost surrounded by loose earth.
Their hypocotyls were secured to sticks, and glass filaments bearing little triangles of paper were affixed to the cotyledons of both.
A filament with a bead at the end was affixed to the basal leg, the movements of which were observed during two days in the usual manner.
In order to ascertain more accurately the nature of these movements, the hypocotyl of a seedling, with its cotyledons well expanded, was secured to a little stick, and a filament with triangles of paper was affixed to one of the cotyledons.
The soil was removed from around one of these arched secondary shoots, and a glass filament was affixed to the basal leg.
A filament was not affixed to it, but a mark was placed beneath the apex, which was almost white from beginning to wither, and its movements were thus traced.