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Definition

attach to

More rarely, "affix" can be used as a noun to refer to a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form such as "un" in "unhappy".

affix the seal here

grammatical morphemes affix to the stem
affix blame where it belongs
He was dressed in the uniform of a Spanish army officer, a lieutenant general with three rows of ribbons affixed to his tunic.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
Not as tall as Ron, he had to crane his neck to read the yellowish label affixed to the shelf right beneath j^^^ ^^^H the dusty glass ball.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
With a hand trembling from excitement she affixed her name.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
All it took was his affixing his signature to a letter saying it was so.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
That this record should have all due authority, it shall bear the imperial seal, which the vendor is bound to have affixed to it.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
The clipped items and slips were turned over to the paster who affixed the clippings to the slips.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
His wife leaning against the door frame, Klara, with their two-year-old affixed to her leg, the child repeating words that daddy issued from the deeps.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
As it happens, economists have a curious habit of affixing numbers to complicated transactions.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
He went from one end of the train to the other, and affixed to the door of each car a notice written in manuscript.
Jules Verne -- Around the World in 80 Days
"It is actually a microscopic command hub affixed to the prefrontal lobe of your brain," Vosch says.
Rick Yancey -- The Infinite Sea
A large sign was affixed to an airplane hangar across the tarmac.
Tracy Kidder -- Mountains Beyond Mountains
In the dark, Stendahl affixed the chains to the half-drunken man.
Ray Bradbury -- The Martian Chronicles
In the center of the ceiling, affixed with yellowed tape, is January 1959, the first month of the revolution.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
Slowly, heart beating faster now, he reached down and grasped the ring, which was affixed to the base of the cube.
Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
I will affix it on the front of the infirmary.
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
Human or animal, the mystical brow is as that great golden seal affixed by the German Emperors to their decrees.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
Leading up and out from the stand were terraced levels on which swiveling orange chairs were permanently affixed.
Alice Sebold -- Lucky

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