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English Dictionary: fixing	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fixing n the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation] restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place Synonym(s): fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" Synonym(s): neutering, fixing, altering (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body Synonym(s): fixation, fixing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[icr]ks"[icr]ng), n. 1. The act or process of making fixed. 2. That which is fixed; a fixture. 3. pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fixed} (f[icr]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. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. 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.] 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling. Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.