单词 | affixion |
释义 | affixionn. 1. The action of affixing, attaching, or fastening something; the state of being affixed; spec. crucifixion. Cf. affixture 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 society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publishing or spreading by leaflets or notices > [noun] > placarding, postering, or billing affixment1639 posting1656 affixion1760 placarding1800 screening1806 bill-sticking1851 paperhanging1851 bill-posting1869 billing1875 fly-posting1903 c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 5153 (index) Affixione of Crist to the Crosse. 1628 Bp. J. Hall Serm. before Fast in Serm. Publike Fast 107 Sixe seuerall times doe wee finde that Christ shed blood; In his Circumcision, In his Agonie, In his Crowning, In his Scourging, In his Affixion, In his Transfixion. 1654 T. Manton in Smectymnuus Rediv. To Rdr. sig. av The affixion of the name to any work being a thing indifferent. 1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 118 It was full three hours betwixt his affixion and expiration. 1746 R. James tr. P. Alpinus Presages Life & Death in Dis. I. iii. viii. 274 An Opisthoponos was predicted, and a Tendency to that Disorder further appeared first from a Construction of the Jaws, and afterwards by an Affixion of the same to the Neck. 1760 tr. in Compl. Coll. Articles & Clauses which relate to Marine 205 This our Placart to be publickly read, published and affixed, every where it is required, and in such Places where it is usual to make such Publication and Affixion. 1813 Halcyon Luminary & Theol. Repository 2 547 That pegs or nails signify affixion or adjunction, is manifest from the passages where they are named. 1883 J. O. Halliwell-Phillipps Outl. Life Shakspeare (ed. 3) 247 It is very possible, however, that the affixion of her signature to a document was the extent of her chirographical ability. 1919 J. B. Cabell Jurgen xxvii. 195 No husband wears a crown so as to prevent the affixion of other head-gear. 1957 J. W. Brooke In Wake of Trauma iv. 125 Others will prefer an open surgical treatment with the affixion of bone plates. 1991 S. Borgehammar How Holy Cross was Found ii. 43 Christ is mentioned as nailed to the cross, and the state of physical affixion is not something which Gelasius would have attributed to divinity. 2. Grammar. = affixation n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [noun] > affix > use of affixion1768 affixation1862 1768 J.-N. de Sauseuil Anal. French Orthogr. in 5 Tables 4 Since the e, received such an influence of gravity from the affixion of a terminative, as soon as that e is forsaken by its terminative, to which alone it was indebted for its sound, there remain left to it but two chances, either obscurity again, or nought. 1841 Gentleman's Mag. May 473/1 We have seen that the noun substantive becomes noun adjective by the affixion of a terminating syllable. 1866 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 8 264 The sibilants are letters whose mode of formation allows of their easy and frequent prefixion and affixion to other consonants, of every class. 1940 Amer. Speech 15 69 If a sonic constant is to pick up some special meaning, we should expect affixion to afford the best opportunity for it. 1997 M. J. Shendge Lang. Harappans viii. 116 This trait of Semitic is compared with the vocalic ablaut and affixion and vowel gradation of Indo-European. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1429 |
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