fixate

Definitions


[ˈfɪkseɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause (someone) to develop an obsessive attachment to someone or something
(e.g: he became fixated on the idea)

- direct one's eyes towards
(e.g: subjects fixated a central point)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from Latin fixus, past participle of figere (see fix) + -ate




definition by Oxford Dictionaries