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Etymology: Middle English, from Latin fixus, past participle of figere to fasten; akin to Lithuanian dygti to sprout, break through transitive senses
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Or sistus is said of sisto, sistis, as it were steadfast and firm, and fixus, that is fixed.
The Golden Legend, vol. 4 1230-1298 1900
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Unum quodque istorum verbum nummis Philippis aureis non potest auferre hinc a me si quis emptor venerit; nec recte quae tu in nos dicis, aurum atque argentum merumst: fixus hic apud nos est animus tuos clavo Cupidinis. remigio veloque quantum poteris festina et fuge: quam magis te in altum capessis, tam aestus te in portum refert.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Summo Pontifici ea quæ postulabat [Franciscus] ardua valde et quasi impossibilia viderentur infirmitate hominum sui temporis, exhortabatur eum, quod aliquem ordinem vel regulam de approbatis assumeret, at ipse se a Christo missum ad talem vitam et non aliam postulandam constanter affirmans, fixus in sua petitione permansit.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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Ac si diceret: Ob hoc haerescon non statim divinitus eradicantur auctores, ut probati manifesti fiant; id est, ut unusquisque quam tenax, et fidelis, et fixus Catholicae fidei sit amator, appareat.
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* Ac si diceret: Ob hoc haerescon non statim divinitus eradicantur auctores, ut probati manifesti fiant; id est, ut unusquisque quam tenax, et fidelis, et fixus Catholicae fidei sit amator, appareat.
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Haec quanta sint cogitate, et in statera mentis vestrae appendite, ut totus vobis figatur in corde, qui pro vobis totus fixus est in cruce.
The Cloister and the Hearth Charles Reade 1849
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A few undergraduate programmes Psychology, International Business & Management, and International Relations & International Organization have a 'numerus fixus', meaning there are a limited number of seats.
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Liberec ce a Cruciacu Chriftus, qui pro ce cruci - fixus efl:.
Breviarium Aniciense Annecy diocese 1784
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Calx falita (Sal ammoniacus fixus) \r\ aquis crebro occurrit.
Torberni Bergman, ... sciagraphia regni mineralis: secundum principia proxima digesti Torbern Bergman 1783
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