Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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noun
An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix attached simultaneously to the root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
From Latin configo or con- + fix.
