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trans·fix  (trns-fks)
tr.v. trans·fixed, trans·fix·ing, trans·fix·es
1. To pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.
2. To fix fast; impale.
3. To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.
[Latin trnsfgere, trnsfx- : trns-, trans- + fgere, to pierce, fasten; see dhgw- in Indo-European roots.]
trans·fixion (-fkshn) n.
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Adj.1.transfixedtransfixed - having your attention fixated as though by a spell
fascinated, hypnotised, hypnotized, mesmerised, mesmerized, spell-bound, spellbound
enchanted - influenced as by charms or incantations
Translations
transfixed [trænsˈfɪkst] adj → pétrifié(e)


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Then the wretched rabble of the Isosceles, planless and leaderless, are either transfixed without resistance by the small body of their brethren whom the Chief Circle keeps in pay for emergencies of this kind; or else more often, by means of jealousies and suspicions skilfully fomented among them by the Circular party, they are stirred to mutual warfare, and perish by one another's angles.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
George had stood like one transfixed, at hearing his doom thus suddenly pronounced by a power that he knew was irresistible.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
On the grass there lay a sable antelope bull-- the most beautiful of all the African antelopes--quite dead, and transfixed by its great curved horns was a magnificent black-maned lion, also dead.
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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