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Suffix

Sŭf'fix, n.

noun

n. [Fr. suffixe, from Lat. suffixus, p. p. of suffigere. See infra.] A letter or syllable added or annexed to the end of a word; an affix; a postfix.

Suf-fix', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. SUFFIXED (suf-fĭkst'); p. pr. & vb. n. SUFFIXING.] [Lat. suffigere, suffixum, to fix below or on, from prefix sub, under, below, and figere, to fix.] To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.