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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe;
- Example: "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
[syn: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind]

2. pierce with a sharp stake or point;
- Example: "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
[syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]



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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transfix
    v 1: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing
         terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"
         [syn: fascinate, transfix, grip, spellbind]
    2: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
       skewer" [syn: transfix, impale, empale, spike]