Fix

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Fixed; solidified.

II. Fix ·noun Fettling.

III. Fix ·vt To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

IV. Fix ·noun A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.

V. Fix ·vt To Transfix; to Pierce.

VI. Fix ·vi To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to Rest.

VII. Fix ·vt To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

VIII. Fix ·vt To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.

IX. Fix ·vi 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.

X. Fix ·vt To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to Establish; to Implant; to Secure; to make definite.

XI. Fix ·vt 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.

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