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† perˈfix, v. Obs.
[f. per- 2 + fix v. (L. had perfīgĕre, perfix-, in the sense ‘transfix’. OF. had parfix adj., fixed (as a day)).]
trans. To fix firmly or definitely; to determine.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. (Percy Soc.) 87 My mynde..Bothe daye and nyght upon you hole perfyxte. 1612Two Noble K. iii. vi, Take heed..this quarrel Sleep till the hour perfixt. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xix, The Jewish Religion had a Period perfixed, in which it was to come to an End. 1776W. Nimmo Stirlingshire xi. 263 They surrendered before the day perfixed.
Hence † perˈfixed, perfixt ppl. a. perfixed salt = fixed salt (fixed 4 b). † perˈfixtly adv., definitely, precisely.
1605Timme Quersit. ii. vi. 128 Whatsoeuer it contained of the volatile salt wil reside in the bottome with his perfixed salt. 1685Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 139 Six days before the perfixt day for holding the Court. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iii. Law 561 Sith the holy man Foretels perfixtly what, and where, and when. |