Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fix; fasten.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To fix; to fasten.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linguistics An
affix consisting of aprefix andsuffix affixed simultaneously to the root - noun linguistics, rare An
affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, aprefix ,suffix , orinterfix - verb obsolete To make firm; to
fix in a particular place or state
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is trying to tell you what is wrong so you confix it.
Ship Of Destiny Hobb, Robin 2000
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Mr. Bowyer, however, he had so implicit a confix deuce in the punctuality of his friend, a» never to require a voucher.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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It comes too late to be fufpe&ed of flattery, and the public i» prepoffefled in its favour, which would be a confix derable encouragement to an effay of this kind, even without the farther advantage of an. appeal, which might be made to many great and refpe&able per - fons who knew Mr. Legge, and are qualified to attefy any truth, or expofe any falfehood, concerning him.
Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and of the Principle ... 1797
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That this comedy was printed during his abfence from his country, he appears to have confix dered as injurious to his reputation; though, during the fuppreffion of the theatres, it was fometimcs pri - vately adted with fuffi? ient approbation.
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He planted his cannon upoa them, and kept up a heavy fire upon the Britifh troops below, while his numerous cavalry attacked them on every fids* This unequal confix lafted till
History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 1785
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We muft beg leave to abridge confix derably 'his pompous account of a putrefying animal fubftince* which is diffufed through four pages.
The Monthly Review 1782
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Now Affability may be confix derd, either as a mere human Accomplifh* ment, or as a divine Vertue: in either notion
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Now her former Rigours were all vanifh'd to his Memory, and he confix der'd her only as his Benefadtor, and Original of his Felicity.
Cynthia: With the Tragical Account of the Unfortunate Loves of Almerin and Desdemona. Being a ... 1687
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| u | ies which the Providence of GocJ docs pot make of excellent ufe to thofe on whorn they fall, and to others, who. wifely confix der thpfe events.
An Essay on Providence: Written by Mr. Lewis de Marolles; and Translated from the French, by ... 1790
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