In*fix" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Infixing.] [L. infixus, p.p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See Fix.]

1.

To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.

Shak.

The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. Dryden.

2.

To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.

 

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In"fix (?), n.

Something infixed.

[R.]

Welsford.

 

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