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   affix

   verb

   • 1. stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else: "panels to which he affixes copies of fine old prints" Similar attachstickfastenbindfixpostsecurejoinconnectcouplecliptackpingluepastegumtapetrademark:Sellotapeappendaddadd onattachOpposite detachremove
   • ▪ be able to be fixed: "the strings affix to the back of the bridge"

   noun

   • 1. an addition to the base form or stem of a word in order to modify its meaning or create a new word.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French affixer or medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere, from ad- ‘to’ + figere ‘to fix’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. affixation noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

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   • F

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