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defixing

defixing is the present participle and gerund 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 defixing

What is defixing the present participle and gerund of?
Defixing is the present participle and gerund of defix.

Words near defixing in the dictionary

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

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