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confixing

confixing is the present participle and gerund of confix.

Meaning of confix

Verb

confix (third-person singular simple present confixes, present participle confixing, simple past and past participle confixed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state.
    • But Tuesday night last gone in's garden-house / He knew me as a wife. As this is true, / Let me in safety raise me from my knees; / Or else for ever be confixed here, / A marble monument!a. 1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

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Questions about confixing

What is confixing the present participle and gerund of?
Confixing is the present participle and gerund of confix.

Words near confixing in the dictionary

  1. confixation
  2. confixations
  3. confixative
  4. confixed
  5. confixes
  6. confixing
  7. conflab
  8. conflabs
  9. conflagrant
  10. conflagrate
  11. conflagrated

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