affixturen.
/əˈfɪkstʃə/, /aˈfɪkstʃə/, U.S. /əˈfɪkstʃər/ The action of affixing something; the state of being affixed; attachment.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing > that whereby a thing is attached
attachment1730
affixture1766
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > [noun] > attaching or affixing
affixionc1429
tachingc1440
onsetting1501
adjunction?1545
annexing1573
affixation1610
tethering1672
accretion1713
attachment1753
attaching1764
affixture1854
adhibition1866
1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 28 Jan. To take any fee or sum of money whatever for the affixture of the respective Stamps.
1791 C. Hamilton tr. Hedàya II. xx. 630 A knowledge of the subject of the letter, and an evidence of the affixture of the seal, are indispensable attributes.
1834 E. Moor Oriental Fragments iii. 274 The special locality of a sacred or beautiful flower would suffice for the affixture of a name by a Hindu.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. ii. 127 The perpetual affixture of the anathema to all papal, almost to all Ecclesiastical decrees.
1901 Polit. Sci. Q. 16 573 The affixture of revenue stamps to the articles taxed..was not adapted to Porto Rico.
1949 Code of Federal Regulations (U.S.) 287/2 There shall be affixed to each such package a label or sticker of white paper corresponding to the Internal Revenue stamp in dimensions and method of affixture.
2005 Africa News (Nexis) 14 Sept. Information on the circumstances attending affixture of signatures on the Contract Instrument.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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