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trans⋅fix

  [trans-fiks]
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–verb (used with object), -fixed or fixt, 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; < L trānsfīxus (ptp. of trānsfīgere to pierce through), equiv. to trāns- trans- + fīg(ere) to pierce + -sus, var. of -tus ptp. suffix

Related forms:
trans⋅fix⋅ion  [trans-fik-shuhn] , noun

Synonyms:
1. fascinate, spellbind, engross, captivate, enthrall.
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trans·fix   (trāns-fĭks')   
tr.v.   trans·fixed, trans·fix·ing, trans·fix·es

  1. To pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.

  2. To fix fast; impale.

  3. To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.


[Latin trānsfīgere, trānsfīx- : trāns-, trans- + fīgere, to pierce, fasten; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·fix'ion (-fĭk'shən) n.
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Main Entry: trans·fix·ion
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'fik-sh&n
Function: noun
: a piercing of a part of the body (as by a suture, nail, orother device) in order to fix it in position —trans·fix /-'fiks/ transitive verb
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transfixion trans·fix·ion (trāns-fĭk'shən)
n.
In amputation, passing the knife from side to side through tissues close to the bone and dividing muscles from within outward.

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