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transfix

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Definitions

  1. pierce with a sharp stake or point

Word origin

From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”).

Used in a sentence

  • But we may as well accept her story as true, for it is likely she would have been transfixed by the narcissism of the weight lifters.
  • The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted In swift expostulation, and the blood Gushed round its point: I smiled, […]
  • The Arabic word مكتوب (maktūb, “written”) is built from the root [script needed] (k–t–b, “writing”) and the transfix [script needed] (ma––ū–, “passive participle”).

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