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Webster 1913 Edition

Infix

In-fix′

,
Verb.
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
.

In′fix

,
Noun.
1.
Something infixed.
[R.]
Welsford.

Webster 1828 Edition

Infix

INFIX'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. infixus, infigo; in and figo, to fix.]
1.
To fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear or dart.
2.
To set in; to fasten in something.
3.
To implant or fix, as principles,thoughts, instructions, as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.

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