reaffixes

Sticks back on

Reaffixes means attaches again.

Something that has come loose or been removed gets reaffixed to its original place: She reaffixes the label after checking the contents.

The word applies to physical attachments like stamps or stickers, and to abstract ones like signatures to documents.

morphology

transfix

Immobilize through shock or piercing

  • morphemeSmallest meaningful language unit
  • rootUnderground absorbing structure
  • stemPlant's central axis

base · derivation · inflection · agglutination · reduplication · ablaut · paradigm · conjugation · declension · bound

process

reattach

Connect again after separation

restore · reassemble · recombine · rework · reform · reconstruct · modification · alteration · derivational · inflectional

position

beginning

Initial stage of something

preceding · following · initial · final · medial · insertion · attachment · placement · ordering · sequencing

Opposites
attachment action

reaffixesdetaches

Removes from connection

removes · unfastens · disconnects · separates · loosens

Family

affix, affixes, affixed, affixing, affixation, fix, fixed, fixes, fixing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G