Dictionary Check: affix

"affix" is a valid word!

Scrabble 18 points
Words with Friends 18 points

Definition

noun

a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

verb

stick or fasten to

Example: "affix the seal here"
Synonyms:
verb

add to the very end

Example: "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
verb

attach or become attached to a stem word

Example: "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"

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