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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fix \Fix\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. {Fixing}.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak.
O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert.
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7.
And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton.
2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young.
3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.
4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney.
5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[i^]ks"[i^]ng), noun
1. The act or process of making fixed.
2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fixing
noun
1: the act of putting something in working order again [syn: {repair}, {fix}, {fixture}, {mend}, {mending}, {reparation}]
2: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: {fastener}, {fastening}, {holdfast}]
3: the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" [syn: {neutering}, {altering}]
4: (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: {fixation}]
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