To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.Bound form
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
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Any one of two or more distinct crystalline forms of the same substance; or the substance having such forms; -- as, carbonate of lime…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; e.g. an ‘-s’ at the end of plural nouns
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.One who classifies.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a bound form used only in compounds; "‘hemato-’ is a combining form in words like ‘hematology’"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.of End
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.a morpheme that can occur alone
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.The smallest meaningful part of a word.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Linguistics, Roots and affixes, Morphology.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
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A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of sta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A suffix from AS. -an, formerly used to form the plural of many nouns, as in ashen, eyen, oxen, all obs. except oxen. In some cases, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Producing accusations; accusatory.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the singular number only…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.After the manner of nouns appellative; in a manner to express whole classes or species; as, Hercules is sometimes used appellatively,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.The act of adding; application; accretion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many pl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: morpheme, occurs, part, larger, construction.Explore Academic Dictionary
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