Usually means: Captivate attention, render motionless completely.
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  1. transfix: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transfix: Merriam-Webster
  3. transfix: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transfix: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. transfix: Collins English Dictionary
  6. transfix: Wordnik
  7. transfix: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. transfix: Wiktionary
  9. transfix: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. transfix: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. transfix: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. transfix: Dictionary.com
  13. transfix: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Transfix: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Transfix: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. transfix: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. transfix: Rhymezone
  18. Transfix: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. transfix: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. transfix: FreeDictionary.org
  21. transfix: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. transfix: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. transfix: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. transfix: Vocabulary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transfix: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transfix: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. transfix: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. transfix: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
verb:  (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
verb:  (transitive) To fix or impale.
noun:  (linguistics) A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.

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