affix
affix is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray.
- 2.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.
- 3.To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.] Spenser.
- 4.That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- abecedary
- accession
- accompaniment
- accrue
- add
- addition
- adjection
- advene
- alphabet
- alphabetical
- anagram
- anagrammatism
- annex
- annexation
- append
- augment
- become
- character
- christcross-row
- cipher
- clap
- consonant
- dental
- digraph
- diphthong
- dissyllable
- guttural
- hieroglyphic
- ideogram
- ideograph
- increase
- increment
- ingraft
- insert
- insertion
- interpose
- interposition
- introduce
- junction
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is affix.
- What is to fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.] Spenser called?
- What is that which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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