Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.
- transitive verb To pierce or impale with a pointed weapon or object.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; transpierce: as, to
transfix one with a dart or spear; also, to fasten by something sharp thrust through. - Synonyms Pierce, etc. See
penetrate . - In geometry, to cut by a fixed straight, m, a subject composed of planes, α, β, γ, that is, to construct the passes m·α, m·β, m·γ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linguistics A discontinuous
affix , which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical ofSemitic languages. - verb transitive To render motionless, by arousing
terror ,amazement orawe . - verb transitive To
pierce with a sharp pointedweapon . - verb transitive To
fix orimpale .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb pierce with a sharp stake or point
- verb to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His love of ideas and people were the epoxies that kept him glued to the rest of us, that made each one of us in his orbit feel special, that allowed him to shun the baubles and bangles that transfix so many.
Andrew S. Doctoroff: The Last Lecture Given by Our Good Friend Jeff Zaslow Andrew S. Doctoroff 2012
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Artist Anne Harris has built her reputation as a painter of women who transfix their viewers with projections of uncomfortable and uncanny emotional states.
John Seed: Anne Harris: "They start with me..." John Seed 2011
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Destined to become a classic, it will transfix audiences everywhere.
Half Broke Horses: Summary and book reviews of Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls. 2009
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His love of ideas and people were the epoxies that kept him glued to the rest of us, that made each one of us in his orbit feel special, that allowed him to shun the baubles and bangles that transfix so many.
Andrew S. Doctoroff: The Last Lecture Given by Our Good Friend Jeff Zaslow Andrew S. Doctoroff 2012
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His love of ideas and people were the epoxies that kept him glued to the rest of us, that made each one of us in his orbit feel special, that allowed him to shun the baubles and bangles that transfix so many.
Andrew S. Doctoroff: The Last Lecture Given by Our Good Friend Jeff Zaslow Andrew S. Doctoroff 2012
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His love of ideas and people were the epoxies that kept him glued to the rest of us, that made each one of us in his orbit feel special, that allowed him to shun the baubles and bangles that transfix so many.
Andrew S. Doctoroff: The Last Lecture Given by Our Good Friend Jeff Zaslow Andrew S. Doctoroff 2012
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Whatever you may think of the man, guilty or not, his gumption and continued efforts to clear his name will transfix him as a cartoonish figure in the dark side of the American political system.
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Whatever you may think of the man, guilty or not, his gumption and continued efforts to clear his name will transfix him as a cartoonish figure in the dark side of the American political system.
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It is the ads regarding slaves that transfix the modern reader.
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Whatever you may think of the man, guilty or not, his gumption and continued efforts to clear his name will transfix him as a cartoonish figure in the dark side of the American political system.
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June 23, 2011