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noun

Infix n.

Something infixed. (R.)

(Grammar) An element that is inserted into the body of an elemt which it threby modifies, as a letter within a word.

verb

Infix v. t. (past & past part. infixed; pres. part. infixing)

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. "The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound."

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.

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Etymology of 'Infix'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Infix" Quotes from Famous Books

... ground. So prayed he, but with none effect, The God 505 Received his offering, but to double toil Doom'd them, and sorrow more than all the past. They then, the triturated barley grain First duly sprinkling, the sharp steel infix'd Deep in the victim's neck reversed, then stripp'd 510 The carcase, and divided at their joint The thighs, which in the double caul involved They spread with slices crude, and burn'd with fire Ascending fierce from billets sere and ...

— The Iliad of Homer - Translated into English Blank Verse • Homer

... their lot with kith and kin, Foreboding, cleaved to the natural part— Was this the unforgivable sin? These noble spirits are yet yours to win. Shall the great North go Sylla's way? Proscribe? prolong the evil day? Confirm the curse? infix the hate? In ...

— Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War • Herman Melville

... required, it is effected by means of an infix, mooga, between the verb-stem and the abbreviated pronoun. One example in the first person singular in each tense will exhibit the negative form ...

— The Gundungurra Language • R. H. Mathews