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1. To fasten, join, or attach (usually followed by to): "He wanted to affix stamps to the envelope."
2. To put or to add on; to append: "The salesman wanted her to affix her signature to the contract."
3. To impress (a seal or stamp).
4. To attach (blame, reproach, ridicule, etc.).
5. In grammar, a bound inflectional or derivational element; such as, a prefix, infix, or suffix, added to a base or stem to form a fresh stem or a different word; for example, the suffix, -ed added to "want" to form "wanted", or the prefix, im- added to "possible" to form "impossible".

To affix a poster to the wall is to fasten it to the wall.

A reference to or pertaining to a linguistic affix or a word element; such as, a prefix or a suffix, that is attached to the base, stem, or root of a word.

1. The addition of a prefix, suffix, or infix to a word in order to create a new word or an inflected form of a word.
2. The formation of a word by means of an affix.
3. The result of adding an affix to a root word.
4. The act of attaching or affixing something.

Pertaining to a linguistic affix.

The act of uniting at the end or the state of being so united.

That which is affixed.

An upright ornament along the eaves of a tiled roof designed to conceal the joints between the rows of tiles.

Attached at or near the base, as a leaf to a stem.

Fixation or suspension of the cecum (any blind pouch or blind gut) to correct excessive mobility of the organ.

1. An affix, a morpheme which is placed around another morpheme.
2. An affix made up of two separate parts which surround and attach to a root or a stem.

Circumfixes contrast with prefixes, attached to the beginnings of words; suffixes, that are attached at the end; and infixes, inserted in the middle. The morphological process whereby this is achieved is called circumfixation.

The existence of circumfixes is controversial. Many linguists argue that all cases of alleged circumfixation can be reduced to suffixation and concomitant prefixation.

To fix down; to fasten.

1. An image or figure of Jesus on the cross.
2. A cross viewed as a symbol of Jesus' crucifixion.

1. The act of crucifying; execution on a cross.
2. The crucifying of Jesus on Calvary.
3. A representation of Jesus on the cross.
4. An extremely difficult, painful trial; torturous suffering.
5. The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
6. The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet were bound or nailed to a cross.

Fixation processes for microscopy carried out at low temperature to improve the quality of fixation.

Often very low temperatures and fast cooling are used to prevent formation of ice crystals. Cooling rates of 10,000 degrees per minute may be used and liquid nitrogen or even liquid helium temperatures used. Especially for preparing specimens for scanning EM. Frequently no chemical treatment is used.

1. To fix; to fasten, to establish.
2. To fasten down; to fix firmly, definitely, or earnestly.

It is now considered to be an obsolete term.