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- verb Obsolete spelling of
transfixed .
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Examples
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From being transfixt by such a jibe Maupassant was preserved by Flaubert.
Inquiries and Opinions Brander Matthews 1890
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Lockhart and another domestic, who had in vain attempted to oppose his passage through the gallery or antechamber, were seen standing on the threshhold transfixt with surprize, which was instantly communicated to the whole party in the stateroom.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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And by our bolts transfixt, penalty due thou shalt pay.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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He pierce her first, although transfixt, the fight
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1832
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Yet speechless, there he stood, his heart transfixt
The Odyssey of Homer 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1765
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Had nigh with this right hand transfixt my breast.
Orlando Furioso Lodovico Ariosto 1503
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181: Each on his rock transfixt, the sport and prey
Paradise Lost (1667) 1667
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