transfixing

Verb

transfix (third-person singular simple present transfixes, present participle transfixing, simple past and past participle transfixed)

1. (transitive) To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
   • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the...1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
2. (transitive) To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
   • The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted
     In swift expostulation, and the blood
     Gushed round its point: I smiled, […]1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC...
3. (transitive) To fix or impale.

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