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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Should they [ caterpillars ] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attach; subjoin; connect; annex; unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an affix.
Syn. -- affixial [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed. Various more specific adjectives meaning affixed are: appendant , basifixed, fastened, secured, glued, pasted, stuck to(predicate) , pegged-down , pinned, stapled , taped to(predicate), mounted . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an affix.
Syn. -- affixal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. affixio, fr. affigere. ] Affixture. [ Obs. ] T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Antefixes L. Antefixa [ L. ante + fixus fixed. ] (Arch.) (a) An ornament fixed upon a frieze. (b) An ornament at the eaves, concealing the ends of the joint tiles of the roof. (c) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Confixed p. pr. & vb. n. Confixing. ] [ L. confixus, p. p. of configere to fasten together. ] To fix; to fasten. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of fastening. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Crucifixes [ F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross + figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucify. ] 1. A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

And kissing oft her crucifix,
Unto the block she drew. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cross or religion of Christ. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial. [ 1913 Webster ]

Do ye prove
What crucifixions are in love? Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe. ] Fixed; solidified. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fixed p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing. ] [ Cf. F. fixer. ] 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
May also fix their reverence. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fix far deeper in his head their stings. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To transfix; to pierce. [ Obs. ] Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light. Abney. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

Syn. -- To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your kindness banishes your fear,
Resolved to fix forever here. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fixation. ] 1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

An unalterable fixation of resolution. Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]

To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which serves to set or fix colors or drawings, as a mordant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Securely placed or fastened; settled; established; firm; imovable; unalterable. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Stable; non-volatile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fixed air (Old Chem.), carbonic acid or carbon dioxide; -- so called by Dr. Black because it can be absorbed or fixed by strong bases. See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic. --
Fixed alkali (Old Chem.), a non-volatile base, as soda, or potash, in distinction from the volatile alkali ammonia. --
Fixed ammunition (Mil.), a projectile and powder inclosed together in a case ready for loading. --
Fixed battery (Mil.), a battery which contains heavy guns and mortars intended to remain stationary; -- distinguished from movable battery. --
Fixed bodies, those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc. --
Fixed capital. See the Note under Capital, n., 4. --
Fixed fact, a well established fact. [ Colloq. ] --
Fixed light, one which emits constant beams; -- distinguished from a flashing, revolving, or intermittent light. --
Fixed oils (Chem.), non-volatile, oily substances, as stearine and olein, which leave a permanent greasy stain, and which can not be distilled unchanged; -- distinguished from volatile or essential oils. --
Fixed pivot (Mil.), the fixed point about which any line of troops wheels. --
Fixed stars (Astron.), such stars as always retain nearly the same apparent position and distance with respect to each other, thus distinguished from planets and comets. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a fixed, stable, or constant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or quality of being fixed; stability; steadfastness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fixedness. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of making fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is fixed; a fixture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fixité. ] 1. Fixedness; as, fixity of tenure; also, that which is fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Coherence of parts. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Fixure. ] 1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being fixed; fixedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The firm fixture of thy foot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict.). Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture. ] Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. (Computers) A notation for commands or instructions in which the operator is inserted between the terms on which it operates. Contrasted with prefix notation and postfix notation.

v. t. [ Pref. per- + fix. ] To fix surely; to appoint. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Postfixes [ Pref. post- + -fix, as in prefix: cf. F. postfixe. ] (Gram.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To annex; specifically (Gram.), to add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word; to suffix. Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prefixed p. pr. & vb. n. Prefixing. ] [ L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, determined, préfixer to prefix. See Fix. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. [ Obs. ] “ Prefixed bounds. ” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now he hath to her prefixt a day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. préfixe. ] That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. prefixion. ] The act of prefixing. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere to fasten on, to affix; sub under + figere to fix: cf. F. suffixe. See Fix. ] 1. A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) A subscript mark, number, or letter. See Subscript, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suffixed p. pr. & vb. n. Suffixing. ] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of suffixing, or the state of being suffixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Suffixion. [ R. ] Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transfixed p. pr. & vb. n. Transfixing. ] [ L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See Fix. ] To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + fix. ] 1. To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make fluid; to dissolve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mountain stands; nor can the rising sun
Unfix her frosts. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]