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[trɑːnsˈfɪks], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment
(e.g: he was transfixed by the pain in her face)
- pierce with a sharp implement or weapon
(e.g: a field mouse is transfixed by the curved talons of an owl)
Phrases:
Origin
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late 16th century (in transfix): from Latin transfix- ‘pierced through’, from the verb transfigere, from trans- ‘across’ + figere ‘fix, fasten’
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