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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: , past participle of transfigere, from figere 'to fasten, make a hole through'

transfix

 verb
     
trans‧fix [transitive]
1 to surprise, interest, frighten etc someone so much that they do not move
2 literary to make a hole through something or someone with a sharp pointed weapon
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