confixv.
/kənˈfɪks/ transitive. To fix firmly, fasten.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > make fast [verb (transitive)]
fastenOE
firmc1374
comforta1382
to make (something) fasta1400
anchor1425
defix?a1475
harden?1523
steeve1554
lock1590
confixa1616
secure1615
succour1688
belay1751
sicker1824
snackle1887
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 230 Let me in safety raise me from my knees, Or else for euer be confixed here A Marble Monument. View more context for this quotation
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 206 The Polytheism of India..has confixed itself upon the Hindoo soul.
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