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   Af·fix

   verb

   • 1. stick, attach, or fasten (something) to something else: "he licked the stamp and affixed it to the envelope" Similar attachstickfastenbindfixpostsecurejoinconnectcouplecliptackpingluepastegumtapetrademark:Sellotapeappendaddadd onattachOpposite detachremove

   noun

   • 1. an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French affixer or medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere, from ad- ‘to’ + figere ‘to fix’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. affixation noun

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • A

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

   • I

     1

   • X

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