Infixed

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infix \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.
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              The fatal dart a ready passage found,
              And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     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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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  69 Moby Thesaurus words for "infixed":
     chronic, confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed,
     deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set,
     deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted,
     engraved, entrenched, esoteric, established, etched, fast,
     firmly established, fixed, graven, immanent, implanted, implicit,
     impressed, imprinted, inalienable, incorrigible, inculcated,
     indelibly impressed, indwelling, ingrained, ingrown, inherent,
     inner, instilled, internal, intrinsic, inveterate, inward,
     inwrought, irreducible, irreversible, long-established, old-line,
     on a rock, on bedrock, private, resident, rooted, secret, set,
     settled, settled in habit, stabilized, subjective, thorough,
     unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, vested,
     well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set,
     well-settled