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affix
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[ verb ] attach to
Synonyms Examples "affix the seal here" Used in print (Rhode Island Governor's Proclamations:...)In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 21 st day of April , in the year of Our Lord , one_thousand nine hundred and sixty-one and on Independence , the one_hundred and eighty-fifth . In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 17 th day of May , in the year of Our Lord , one_thousand nine hundred and sixty-one , and of Independence , the one_hundred and eighty-sixth . In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 20 th day of April , in the year of Our Lord , one_thousand nine hundred and sixty-one , and of Independence , the one_hundred and eighty-fifth . In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 11 th day of June , in the year of Our Lord , one_thousand nine hundred and sixty-one , and of Independence , the one_hundred and eighty-sixth . In testimony whereof , I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State to be affixed this 5 th day of July , in the year of Our Lord , one_thousand nine hundred and sixty-one , and of Independence , the one_hundred and eighty-sixth . |
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[ verb ] add to the very end
Synonyms Examples "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Several signers affixed their names , it was learned , after being told that no tax increase would be possible without consent of the General_Assembly and that a provision could be included in the charter to have the town take_over the Johnston_Sanitary_District sewer_system . The resolution further asked that polling_place proprietors affix an attachment to their premises for the display of the flag . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (grammar) attach or become attached to a stem word
Examples "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
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