'Infix' definitions:
Definition of 'infix'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Infix'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Infix'
From: GCIDE
- Infix \In"fix\, n.
- 1. Something infixed. [R.] --Welsford. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Grammar) An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'infix'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- IC analysis,
- 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-formation