infixed

verb

past tense of infix
1
as in engraved
to produce a vivid impression of a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade

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2
as in planted
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win

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  1. engraved
  2. planted
  3. etched
  4. bred
  5. embedded
  6. implanted
  7. rooted
Verb
  • His name will join the 600 already engraved on the memorial wall.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • At the end of the ceremony, Walter presented Trump with a World Series ring engraved with the president’s name.
    — Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of engraved
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  • The famed Tondré Vineyard, planted by the late Tondré Allarid in a former broccoli field, was also the source of a fabulous 2022 JMC Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, paired with a wild mushroom and goat cheese crostini.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Five women in green uniforms and rain boots dug up weeds and planted new vegetables as Malonga talked about the soil, the project’s foundation.
    — Alicia Erickson, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of planted
Verb
  • Its chips never load the weights at all, because the weights are etched permanently into the transistors.
    — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Maurice Jones-Drew will forever be etched into the memories of the Bruin faithful.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of etched
Verb
  • Unlike cows, Garner said, yaks have not had all their wildness bred out of them.
    — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • How a horse learned to play music Yupia is a 7-year-old American Bashkir bred in Kentucky.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of bred
Verb
  • And here, wine is not just a commodity for drinking; it is shared, celebrated in events, and so deeply embedded in everyday life.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Ries argues that leadership transitions succeed not because remarkable individuals take over, but because organizations have embedded their purpose deeply enough to survive leadership change.
    — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of embedded
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  • The trial and open-label study, which ws published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), implanted PRIMA in 38 patients at 17 sites across five countries.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Depending on the injury, a scaffold can cover a wound on the skin or be implanted inside the body to bridge or fill an area of damaged tissue.
    — Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of implanted
Verb
  • After it is rooted into the native soil, water the sod deeply and less frequently.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2026
  • And the reasons may be rooted as much in Southerners’ attitudes about being overweight as in their diets and exercise patterns.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of rooted
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“Infixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infixed. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

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