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Fix   /fɪks/   Listen
verb
Fix  v. t.  (past & past part. fixed; pres. part. fixing)  
1.
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. "An ass's nole I fixed on his head." "O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence." "His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord." "And fix far deeper in his head their stings."
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." "One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven."
3.
To transfix; to pierce. (Obs.)
4.
(Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light.
5.
To put in order; 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.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Synonyms: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; 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."
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.
To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.


noun
Fix  n.  
1.
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. (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."
2.
(Iron Manuf.) Fettling. (U.S.)


adjective
Fix  adj.  Fixed; solidified. (Obs.)





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"Fix" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Rosemary in a low voice. "I wish I could fix her just once—she doesn't know how to ...
— Rainbow Hill • Josephine Lawrence
... was told to Sir Walter Manny and Sir Amauri de Clisson, by friends and spies, who represented the danger in which the two knights were. They bethought themselves what was best to be done, but after considering schemes, could fix on none. At last Sir Walter said, 'Gentlemen, it would do us great honour if we could rescue these two knights. If we should adventure it and should fail, King Edward would himself be obliged to us, and all wise men who may hear of it in times to come will ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... Griffin's wharf, where the tea vessels lay, proceeded to fix tackles and hoist the tea upon deck, cut the chests to pieces, and throw the tea over the side.... They began upon the two ships first, as they had nothing on board but the tea, then proceeded to the brig, which had hauled to the wharf but the day before, and had but a small part of her cargo ...
— Tea Leaves • Various
... more regard for thee than thou for thyself. If I had let thee dash out to fix up on the public wall that denunciation thou hadst written of the barbarian mob, there had been no life of thine to risk to-day. Fly the town, I beseech thee, or find thicker walls than mine. Thou knowest I would shelter thee had I the power; ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... intended to be realized for 1783. By this estimate, which is subjoined,[5] it appears to your Committee, that, so far from any surplus profit from this transaction, the Bengal adventurers themselves, instead of realizing 2s. 2d. the rupee, (the standard they fix for their payment,) will not receive the 1s. 9d. which is its utmost value in silver at the Mint, nor probably above 1s. 5d. With this certain loss before their eyes, it is impossible that they ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke


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