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Infix

Infix \In*fix"\, 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.

    The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
    --Dryden.

  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.

Infix

Infix \In"fix\, n.

  1. Something infixed. [R.]
    --Welsford.

  2. (Grammar) An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.

Wiktionary
infix

n. (context linguistics English) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as (term -i- English) and (term -o- English) in English. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in. 2 (context transitive English) To instill. 3 (context transitive linguistics English) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

WordNet
infix
  1. v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text" [syn: insert, enter, introduce]

  2. attach a morpheme into a stem word

infix

n. an affix that is inserted inside the word

Wikipedia
Infix

An infix is an affix inserted inside a word stem (an existing word). It contrasts with adfix, a rare term for an affix attached to the outside of a stem, such as a prefix or suffix.

When marking text for interlinear glossing, most affixes are separated with a hyphen, but infixes are separated with .

Usage examples of "infix".

Whom so dismayd when Cambell had espide,Againe he droue at him with double might,That nought mote stay the steele, till in his sideThe mortall point most cruelly empight:Where fast infixed, whilest he sought by slightIt forth to wrest, the staffe a sunder brake,And left the head behind: with which despightHe all enrag'd, his shiuering speare did shake,And charging him a fresh thus felly him bespake.