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Affixes Explained: Prefixes, Suffixes, And Combining Forms
Learn about different forms of affixes and what they mean. See examples of suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms commonly used in the English language.
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Conny stepped smilingly forward, and proceeded to affix the band around the vicar's massive throat.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSRun a narrow velvet through the holes of the third row and affix wider velvet ends, or chenille tassels to each extremity.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYTwelve different works he had before written and published, and all without the affix of his name.
LETTERS TO EUGENIAPAUL HENRI THIRY HOLBACHPitt proposed to provide for the royal assent by placing the great seal in a commission with authority to affix it to the bill.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTUnder each word the force of the prefix is usually given, though not the affix.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)VARIOUSIt is wrong, certainly, to treat ever as an affix, and to mistake the first two words of "What ever are you doing?"
AMERICA TO-DAY, OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONSWILLIAM ARCHERSimilarly, his remark on the "peculiar misuse of the affix ever, as in saying 'Whatever are you doing?'"
AMERICA TO-DAY, OBSERVATIONS AND REFLECTIONSWILLIAM ARCHERIn such cases the pitch is merely inherent in the radical element or affix, as any vowel or consonant might be.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRNote that the plural affix immediately follows the radical element (ya-), disconnecting it from the local element (-hau-).
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRThe affix vitch signifies son of: Sviatoslavitch—son of Sviatoslav.
THE RISE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIREHECTOR H. MUNROWORDS RELATED TO AFFIX
- affix
- annex
- ante
- append
- augment
- beef up
- boost
- build up
- charge up
- continue
- cue in
- figure in
- flesh out
- heat up
- hike
- hike up
- hitch on
- hook on
- hook up with
- include
- jack up
- jazz up
- join together
- pad
- parlay
- piggyback
- plug into
- pour it on
- reply
- run up
- say further
- slap on
- snowball
- soup up
- speed up
- spike
- step up
- supplement
- sweeten
- tack on
- tag
- affixing
- annexing
- anting
- appending
- augmenting
- beefing up
- boosting
- building up
- charging up
- continuing
- cue in
- figure in
- flesh out
- heating up
- hiking
- hiking up
- hitching on
- hook on
- hooking up with
- including
- jacking up
- jazz up
- joining together
- padding
- parlaying
- piggybacking
- plugging into
- pouring it on
- replying
- running up
- saying further
- slapping on
- snowballing
- souping up
- speeding up
- spiking
- stepping up
- supplementing
- sweetening
- tack on
- tagging
- affixes
- annexes
- antes
- appends
- augments
- beefs up
- boosts
- builds up
- charges up
- continues
- cue in
- figure in
- flesh out
- heats up
- hikes
- hikes up
- hitches on
- hook on
- hooks up with
- includes
- jacks up
- jazz up
- joins together
- pads
- parlays
- piggybacks
- plugs into
- pours it on
- replies
- runs up
- says further
- slaps on
- snowballs
- soups up
- speeds up
- spikes
- steps up
- supplements
- sweetens
- tack on
- tags
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.