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transfixt

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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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