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verb (used with object), trans·fixed or trans·fixt, trans·fix·ing.
1.
to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.
2.
to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.
3.
to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces.
Origin:
1580–90; < Latin trānsfīxus (past participle of trānsfīgere to pierce through), equivalent to trāns- trans- + fīg(ere) to pierce + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
1580–90; < Latin trānsfīxus (past participle of trānsfīgere to pierce through), equivalent to trāns- trans- + fīg(ere) to pierce + -sus, variant of -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
un·trans·fixed, adjective
Synonyms
1. fascinate, spellbind, engross, captivate, enthrall.
1. fascinate, spellbind, engross, captivate, enthrall.
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Transfix
is one of our favorite verbs.
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Example Sentences
- Only a wine with the sublime power to transfix can so frequently disappoint and yet retain its teasing hold over its audience.
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Word Origin & History
transfix
1590, "pierce through, impale," from M.Fr. transfixer, from L. transfixus "impaled," pp. of transfigere "to impale, pierce through," from trans- "through" + figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix). Fig. sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1649.
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