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1. To render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
   "The snake charmer transfixes the cobra";
   - fascinate, grip, spellbind
    
2. Pierce with a sharp stake or point
   "transfix a shrimp on a skewer";
   - impale, empale, spike

Derived forms: transfixed, transfixes, transfixing

Type of: interest, pierce, thrust

Encyclopedia: Transfix