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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To pierce with or as if with a pointed weapon.
  • v. To fix fast; impale.
  • v. To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A discontinuous affix, which occurs at more than one position in a word, typical of Semitic languages.
  • v. To render motionless, by arousing terror, amazement or awe.
  • v. To pierce with a sharp pointed weapon.
  • v. To fix or impale.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In geometry, to cut by a fixed straight, m, a subject composed of planes, α, β, γ, that is, to construct the passes m·α, m·β, m·γ.
  • To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; transpierce: as, to transfix one with a dart or spear; also, to fasten by something sharp thrust through.
  • Synonyms Pierce, etc. See penetrate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. pierce with a sharp stake or point
  • v. to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    interest   
    Variant
    transfixt   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    impale    pierce    transpierce    broach    spite    stake    spear    skewer    pin   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brix    Dicks    Dix    Hicks    Knicks    Nix    Nyx    Sticks    Styx    affix