Definition of "transfix"

transfix¹

verb
third-person singular simple present transfixes, present participle transfixing, simple past and past participle transfixed
1. (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
  Quotations
  He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
  1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎
  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, page 45
2. (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
  Quotations
  The spear transfixed my arm that was upliftedIn swift expostulation, and the bloodGushed round its point: I smiled, […]
  1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, page 237
  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[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 52”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […]
3. (transitive) To fix or impale.

transfix²

noun
plural transfixes
1. (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.

Definition of "transfix"

transfix1

verb

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transfix2

noun

transfix¹

transfix²