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defixed

defixed is the simple past and past participle of defix.

Meaning of defix

Verb

defix (third-person singular simple present defixes, present participle defixing, simple past and past participle defixed)

  1. (obsolete) To fix, fasten, or establish.
    • to defixe their princely seate […] in that extreme province1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC

Questions about defixed

What is defixed the simple past and past participle of?
Defixed is the simple past and past participle of defix.

Words near defixed in the dictionary

  1. defish
  2. defished
  3. defishes
  4. defishing
  5. defix
  6. defixed
  7. defixes
  8. defixing
  9. deflagatory
  10. deflagellate
  11. deflagellated

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