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transfix definition

trans·fix (trans fiks′)

transitive verb

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

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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