FIXT
Etymology
Verb
fixt
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of fix
Synonyms
• fixed
Source: Wiktionary
FIX
Fix, a. Etym: [OE., fr. L. fixus, p.p. of figere to fix; cf. F.
fixe.]
Definition: Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] Etym: [Cf.
F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to
fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make
efinite.
An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak.
O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their
reverence. Herbert.
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7.
And fix far deeper in his head their stings. Milton.
2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on
an object, the attention on a speaker.
Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope.
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young.
3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.
4. (Photog.)
Definition: To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such
applications a will make it insensible to the action of light. Abney.
5. To put in prder; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to
rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable;
hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a
room. [Colloq. U.S.]
6. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Syn.
– To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establis; settle; determine.
Fix, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from
wandering; to rest.
Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here.
Waller.
2. To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow
or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic
substance. Bacon. To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution
about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed
on certain leading points.
Fix, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dillema.
[Colloq.]
Is he not living, then No. is he dead, then No, nor dead either. Poor
Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty
fix. De Quincey.
2. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: fettling. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition