infix
Example Sentences
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To stick over, as with sharp points pressed in; to mark by infixing points or spots here and there; to pierce.
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Inset, in′set, n. something set in, an insertion, esp. a leaf or leaves inserted in other leaves already folded.—v.t. to set in, to infix or implant.
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Thus was I transplanted to the soil where I grew to my appointed stature;—a kindly soil and habitat wherein not a few fibers of my affections are left infixed.
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Between these prefixes and the noun or verb, pronominal infixes are introduced, by which possession is denoted in the case of a noun, and the subject in that of a verb.
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An infixing stillness, now thrust a long rivet through the night, and fast nailed it to that side of the world.
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