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Transfix is to pierce with something pointed, or to cause someone to become motionless as they concentrate on someone or something either in a good way or a bad way.

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To pierce a wild animal with a spear is an example of something you transfix.
A movie you simply cannot look away from and that fascinates and captures your attention is an example of something that transfixes you.

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See transfix in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to pierce through with or as if with something pointed
to fasten in this manner; impale
to make motionless, as if impaled: transfixed with horror

Origin: < L transfixus, pp. of transfigere, to transfix < trans-, trans- + figere, to fix

Related Forms:

transfixion noun

See transfix in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb trans·fixed, trans·fix·ing, trans·fix·es

To pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.
To fix fast; impale.
To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.

Origin:

Origin: Latin trānsfīgere, trānsfīx-

Origin: : trāns-, trans-

Origin: + fīgere, to pierce, fasten; see dhīg^w- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

trans·fixˈion (-fĭkˈshən) noun

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