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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

suffixus

, p. p. of

suffigere

to fasten on, to affix;

sub

under +

figere

to fix: cf. F.

suffixe

. See

A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

(Math.)

A subscript mark, number, or letter. See

Adj.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Suffixed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Suffixing

To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Noun.

[L. suffixus, suffigo; sub and figo, to fix.]

A letter or syllable added or annexed to the end of a word.