[
US
/ˈæfɪks, əˈfɪks/
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NOUN
- a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
VERB
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attach or become attached to a stem word
grammatical morphemes affix to the stem -
attach to
affix the seal here -
add to the very end
He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language
How To Use affix In A Sentence
- The phrase "inspired by a true story" affixes itself to novels like a warning label: Beware sententious moralizing. Cheeshahteaumauk, Class of '65 (1665)
- These dees are affixed by terrets centered on the saddle and by pad screws on both skirts.
- Sir Robert Smirke in 1807 put up work which consisted chiefly of panelling, which was affixed to the easternmost wall of the feretory. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See
- grammatical morphemes affix to the stem
- In my effort to ‘push the envelope,’ had I perhaps neglected to affix sufficient postage?
- The affixes un- and -less are often used to make negative words, such as 'unhappy' and 'careless'.
- M. le Comte's guests followed closely on the triumphant bridegroom's heels: M. le préfet, fussy and nervous, secretly delighted at the idea of affixing his official signature to such an aristocratic _contrat de mariage_ as was this between M.le. de Cambray de Brestalou and M. Victor de M.rmont, own nephew to M.rshal the duc de Raguse; M.dame la préfète, resplendent in the latest fashion from Paris, the Duc and Duchesse d'Embrun, cousins of the bride, the Vicomte de Génevois and his mother, who was Abbess of Pont Haut and godmother by proxy to Crystal de The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days
- Inside they found a black-grayish basalt mummiform sarcophagus coated with a layer of earth and potsherds affixed to the lid with plaster. Czech Egyptologists Open Shaft Tomb, Identify Royal Burial at Abusir
- SHIFT (6) Afrophile adj. decorative aposelene projectual diplotene, aposelenium psychedelicize, adj. biotron v. dirty quadriphony quadriphonics dustoff reticulosis punch-up technopolis quantized, skim INITIAL AFFIXATIONS (20) adj. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 1
- Furthermore, when GMAC filed its proof of claim, the Endorsement was not included, which is a further indication that the allonge containing the Endorsement was not affixed to the Note The Home Equity Theft Reporter
