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defixes

defixes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 defixes

What is defixes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defixes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defix.

Words near defixes in the dictionary

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

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