defix

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verb

To fix, fasten, or establish.

OriginLatin defixus →
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Meanings

verbdefix (third-person singular simple present defixes, present participle defixing, simple past and past participle defixed)

present singular third person defixes · participle present defixing · participle past defixed · past defixed

  1. obsoleteTo fix, fasten, or establish.

    to defixe their princely seate […] in that extreme province

    1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latindefixus
  2. Englishdefix

From Latin defixus, past participle of defigere (“to fix”), from de- + figere (“to fix”).

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APA

defix. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defix

MLA

“defix.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defix. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defix,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defix.

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