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affix

SYLLABICATION:	af·fix
PRONUNCIATION:	-fks
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: af·fixed, af·fix·ing, af·fix·es 1. To secure to something; attach: affix a label to a package. 2. To impute; attribute: affix blame to him. 3. To place at the end; append: affix a postscript to a letter. 4. Grammar To add as an affix.
NOUN:	(fks)1. Something that is attached, joined, or added; an appendage or addition. 2. Linguistics A word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that can only occur attached to a base, stem, or root.
ETYMOLOGY:	Medieval Latin affixre, frequentative of Latin affgere, affix- : ad-, ad- + fgere, to fasten; see dhg^w- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	af·fixa·ble —ADJECTIVE affixal —ADJECTIVE affixal·ly —ADVERB af·fixer —NOUN


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