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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fix \Fix\, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease
from wandering; to rest.
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Your kindness banishes your fear,
Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller.
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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. --Bacon.
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{To fix on}, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to
determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have
fixed on certain leading points.
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