The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transfix \Trans*fix"\, 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.
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