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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon as
eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To attach; subjoin; connect; annex; unite.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
affix
n : a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected
or derived form
v 1: attach to "affix the seal here" [syn: {stick on}]
2: add to the very end "He appended a glossary to his novel
where he used an invented language" [syn: {append}, {add
on}, {supplement}]
3: attach or become attached to a stem word of grammatical
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