单词 | affixation |
释义 | affixationn. 1. The action of affixing or attaching something; attachment; = affixion n. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing affixionc1429 tachingc1440 onsetting1501 adjunction?1545 annexing1573 affixation1610 tethering1672 accretion1713 attachment1753 attaching1764 affixture1854 adhibition1866 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. V3 The Armories remaining still the same, hee had the title of Emperour added, as that which had accrewed to him after their affixation, or setting there. 1659 W. Charleton Nat. Hist. Nutrition 61 We conceive, that the decay of their sanguineous particles, is dayly repaired by the fresh opposition and affixation of the like particles of the bloud. 1790 Parl. Reg. Ireland IX. 83 The affixation of the great seal of England is merely evidence of the bill's having been considered and approved by the Irish monarch. 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 31 963 That handicraft devoted to the affixation, on the walls of thoroughfares, of advertisements and announcements. 1851 I. Taylor Wesley & Methodism 206 The affixation of a name to a Christian Institute can not be regarded in any other light than as a prognostic of its dissolution. 1950 ABA Jrnl. Oct. 807 John Marshall believed that these appointments were complete with the affixation to them of the Seal of the United States. 2009 A. Folsom Hadrian Memorandum 461 This document, upon affixation of signatures of the principals..does constitute an active and legally binding accord. 2. Grammar. The attachment of an affix or affixes to (the root or stem of) a word. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > use of affixion1768 affixation1862 1862 Atlantis 3 62 The affixation of this copulative is the only mode of stem-formation in the Finnish. 1914 L. Bloomfield Introd. Study Lang. v. 154 It is possible to call them all related by affixation, the kernel being am-. 1930 J. J. Williams Hebrewisms of W. Afr. ii. 59 It developed into its present style by the affixation of formative increments or determinatives. 1964 C. Barber Flux of Lang. xv. 260 More popular words also continue to arise in large numbers, especially by affixation, conversion, and compounding. 2001 T. Shortis Lang. of ICT vi. 56 Mega is also used as a prefix in a process of affixation, but this word is more recent and problematic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1610 |
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