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† defix, v. Obs.|dɪˈfɪks|
[f. L. dēfix-, ppl. stem of dēfīgĕre to fasten down, f. de- I. 1 + fīgĕre to fix, fasten. The early example of the pa. pple. appears to have been formed immed. after L. defix-us, with Eng. ppl. suffix.]
trans. To fasten down; to fix firmly, definitely, or earnestly (lit. and fig.).
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 243 The spere of the messengere defixede in to the erthe schewede a prenosticacion and as a begynnenge of fiȝhte. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. ii. 89 (R.) They were constrained to defixe their princely seate and habitation in that extreme prouince of the north. 1605J. Dove Confut. Atheism 16 The eyes of the people will be defixed vpon them. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 264 Those Ten Horns answerable to the Beast with ten Horns in Daniel..seem to defix and determinate the Prophecy to that sense. 1679J. Goodman Penit. Pard. ii. i. (1713) 146 When a man..defixes his thoughts, and suspends his determination till he see plain reason to incline him this way or that.
Hence † deˈfixed, defixt ppl. a.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 280 With defixed eyes and distracted countenance. 1681Glanvill Sadducismus 116 In intent and defixed thoughts upon some..object. |