infix

[in-fiks, in-fiks, in-fiks] / ɪnˈfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks, ˈɪnˌfɪks /

VERB

fix

Synonyms

STRONG

affix anchor attach bind catch cement congeal connect consolidate couple embed entrench fasten glue graft harden implant inculcate ingrain install instill link locate lodge moor pin place plant position rigidify rivet root secure set settle solidify stabilize steady stick stiffen thicken tie

WEAK

freeze to nail down stay put

Antonyms

STRONG

depart detach disconnect disjoin dislodge disorder displace divide forget free halt leave let go liquefy loose loosen lose melt misplace miss move release remove separate soften thin unfasten unfix unlink unsettle untie upset

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But CPL uses infix notation; I’d have to get all the operator precedence right to generate Lisp code with the parens in the right place.

From Scientific American • Aug. 23, 2011

Perhaps I will throw Yerreeningga booramboonda If a negative meaning be required, it is effected by means of an infix, mooga, between the verb-stem and the abbreviated pronoun.

From The Gundungurra Language by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

Consider that innumerable race of insects, which either are bred on the body of each animal, or, flying about, infix their stings in him.

From Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion by Hume, David

I have a friend who loves me as his life, and in whose breast I should infix a mortal sting if I ungratefully left him.

From Mathilda by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

An infix, muga, between the stem of the verb and the termination, gives a negative meaning, as, Ngubumugamangalu, we, dual exclusive, did not beat.

From The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales by Mathews, R. H. (Robert Hamilton)

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