affix

t. (pa. par. affixed, affixt ). [Lat. affirus, pa. par. of affigo to fasten to, to fix on: ad to, and figo to fix; supine fixum. ] [See AFFICHE.] L. Lit. To fix to the end of, to append to, to annex, to subjoin; also to fix to any part of. the Great Seal was afized."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. whereas should they [white cabbage butterflies] afix them [their eggs to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. "-Ray: On the Creation. II. Figuratively : 1. To fix. (Followed by on ог ироп .) "Her modest eyes, abashed to behold So many gazers as on her do stare, Upon the lowly ground affixed are."- Spenser . 2. To connect with, to unite with. "He that has settled in his mind determined ideas, with names affired to them, will be able to discern their differences one from another."-Locke. af-fix, s . (pl. af-fix-ěs, *af-fix-a). [In Ger. affixum ; Fr. affixe , fr. Lat. affirus , pl. n. affix a joined to, pa. par. of affigo .] [AFFIX, v.] A word or a portion of a word united to the latter portion of another one, and in general modifying its signification; a suffix. The plural of this word came into the English language first as affix a . "In the Hebrew language the noun has its affix a , to denote the pronouns po e ive or relative."-Clarke: Latin Grammar . fashioning that new-learned language to their own innovation of points, afizes , and conjugations."Howell: Lett., ii. 60. af-fixed', af-fixt', pa. par. & a. [AFFIX. ] af-fix'-ing, pr. par. [AFFIX.]