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Verb: fixate  fikseyt
  1. Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
    "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
     
  2. Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
    "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
     
  3. Make fixed, stable or stationary
    - fix
     
  4. Become fixed (on)
    "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
    - settle on

Derived forms: fixating, fixates, fixated

See also: fixation

Type of: advert, attach, attend, bind, bond, freeze, give ear, hang, pay heed, stop dead, tie