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Definition of infixing:

(v) : (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
(n) : An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
(v) : (transitive) To instill.
(v) : (transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
(n) : (some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
(n) : (Bantu linguistics, dated) A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.

Definition of infixing:

(v) : (transitive, linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
(n) : An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.
(v) : (transitive) To instill.
(v) : (transitive, archaic) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
(n) : (some authors when describing agglutinative languages, otherwise dated) A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.
(n) : (Bantu linguistics, dated) A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.

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