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/fˈɪksɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Fix v. t. (past & past part. fixed; pres. part. fixing)

1.

To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. "An ass's nole I fixed on his head." "O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence." "His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord." "And fix far deeper in his head their stings."

2.

To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. "Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite." "One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven."

3.

To transfix; to pierce. (Obs.)

4.

(Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.

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.)

6.

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

Synonyms: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.

Fix v. i.

1.

To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. "Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here."

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.

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

noun

Fixing n.

1.

The act or process of making fixed.

2.

That which is fixed; a fixture.

3.

pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. (Colloq. U.S.)

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Etymology of 'Fixing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fixing" Quotes from Famous Books

... the monk, unconsciously fixing his eye again on the windows of the palace. "Is it certain that the prisoner ...

— The Bravo • J. Fenimore Cooper

... decided by the Supreme Court in 1876 was possibly the most vital case in the history of the regulation of public service corporations after the Civil War. The legislature of Illinois, in conformity with the state constitution of 1870, had passed a law fixing maximum charges for the storage of grain in warehouses. The owners of a certain warehouse refused compliance with the law on the ground that it was contrary to the Constitution and hence null and void. They argued that when the state fixed rates it deprived the owners of the right ...

— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley

... Hence the Apostle proves this from human custom, saying (1 Cor. 9:7): "Who serveth as a soldier at any time at his own charge? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof?" But the fixing of the proportion to be offered to the ministers of divine worship does not belong to the natural law, but was determined by divine institution, in accordance with the condition of that people to whom the law was being ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... be sure to be imperfect reports, indiscreet or haphazard revelations of this or that particular part of the Bill, utterly wanting in balance, symmetry, and comprehensiveness. The whole thing was new to the country, and there would have been much danger in fixing public attention upon some one part of the proposed reform until the public could be in a position to judge the scheme ...

— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

... comfortable for the night?" Bobolink retorted, being one of the kind who can make the best of a bad bargain when necessary. "All we want to do is to get the tents up and a fire going, so we can cook something. Then in the morning we'll do all the fancy fixing you can shake a stick at, and try out all the new wrinkles every fellow's had in mind since our last camp. This is what I like. A lake for me, with an island in it that nobody lives on, but p'raps an old wildcat or ...

— The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat • George A. Warren

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