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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Infix \In*fix"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Infixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infixing}.] [L. infixus, p. p of infigere to infix; pref. in- in + figere to fix: cf. F. infixer. See {Fix}.]
1. To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart. --Shak.
The fatal dart a ready passage found, And deep within her heart infixed the wound. --Dryden.
2. To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "infixed": chronic, confirmed, deep-dyed, deep-engraven, deep-fixed, deep-grounded, deep-laid, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, dyed-in-the-wool, embedded, embossed, engrafted, engraved, entrenched, esoteric, established, etched, fast, firmly established, fixed, graven, immanent, implanted, implicit, impressed, imprinted, inalienable, incorrigible, inculcated, indelibly impressed, indwelling, ingrained, ingrown, inherent, inner, instilled, internal, intrinsic, inveterate, inward, inwrought, irreducible, irreversible, long-established, old-line, on a rock, on bedrock, private, resident, rooted, secret, set, settled, settled in habit, stabilized, subjective, thorough, unalienable, unchallengeable, unquestionable, vested, well-established, well-founded, well-grounded, well-set, well-settled
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