The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defix
Defix \De*fix"\, v. t. [L. defixus, p. p. of defigere to fix;
de- + figere to fix.]
To fix; to fasten; to establish. [Obs.] ``To defix their
princely seat . . . in that extreme province.''
--Hakluyt.
Wiktionary
defix
vb. (context obsolete English) To fix or fasten; to establish.