From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb.
n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place
permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to
implant; to secure; to make definite.
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An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak.
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O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers
May also fix their reverence. --Herbert.
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His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps.
cxii. 7.
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And fix far deeper in his head their stings.
--Milton.
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2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as
the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.
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One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.
--Young.
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3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.
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4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating
with a developer to make it insensible to the action of
light. --Abney.
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5. 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. [Colloq. U.S.]
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6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace)
with fettling.
Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle;
determine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[i^]ks"[i^]ng), n.
1. The act or process of making fixed.
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2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
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3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings;
accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
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