noun
- A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form.
verb
- Attach to.
- usage: "affix the seal here"
- synonyms: stick on
- Add to the very end.
- usage: "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
- synonyms: append, add on, supplement
- Attach or become attached to a stem word.
- usage: "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"
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