transfix : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: transfix	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
transfix v to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" Synonym(s): fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" Synonym(s): transfix, impale, empale, spike
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Transfix \Transfix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten. See {Fix}.] To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix* one with a dart.