ppl. a.; also affixt. [f. AFFIX v. + -ED.]
1. Fixed, fastened, or appended (to); causally connected (with). Also fig. Devotedly attached (obs.).
1651. Life of Father Sarpi (1676), 41. His being affixt to the Divine Scripture … which he used to read from one end to the other.
1660. R. Coke, Power & Subj., 99. His Royal capacity is affixed and inseparable with his person.
1675. Ogilby, Brit., Pref. 4. The Distance … is signify’d by Figures affixt.
1794. Atwood, in Phil. Trans., LXXXIV. 149. The balance during this motion carries with it the crank and the affixed rods.
1849. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., I. 378. A notice affixed in all public places.
1872. Jenkinson, Guide to Eng. Lakes (1879), 149. The summit is reached by a ladder affixed to the stone.
† 2. Fixed upon, appointed, settled. Obs.
1559. Lett., in Tytler, Hist. Scotl. (1864), III. 396. My Lord of Huntly … will keep the affixed [time].
