transfix
Verb
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Verb
transfix (transfixes, present participle transfixing; past and past participle transfixed)
- (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
- 1973, Norman Mailer, Marilyn: A Biography - p. 45.
- But we may as well accept her story as true, for it is likely she would have been transfixed by the narcissism of the weight lifters.
- 1973, Norman Mailer, Marilyn: A Biography - p. 45.
- (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 52
- There was a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would assemble with spears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried down to the sea.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 52
- (transitive) To fix or impale.
- transfixation
- transfixion
- transfixture
- Russian: пронза́ть
transfix (plural transfixes)
- (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
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