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transfix, v.|trɑːnsˈfɪks, træns-|
[f. L. transfīx-, ppl. stem of transfīgĕre, f. trans- + fīgĕre to fix. Cf. OF. transfixer (15th c. in Godef.).]
trans. To pierce through with, or impale upon, a sharp-pointed instrument (also said of the instrument); to fix or fasten by piercing.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 50 The bold Semiramis, whose sides transfixt With sonnes own blade her fowle reproches spoke. 1626Massinger Rom. Actor iii. ii, Take A golden arrow to transfix her heart. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xxxiii, That monk seemed as if transfixed to the spot. 1802Paley Nat. Theol. xii. 109 The butcher-bird transfixes its prey upon the spike of a thorn, whilst it picks its bones. 1850A. Jameson Leg. Monast. Ord. (1863) 388 Being absorbed in rapturous devotion, she was transfixed, that is, received the Stigmata. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 382 He delights..to transfix the Eristic Sophist with weapons borrowed from his own armoury.
b. fig. To pierce through (esp. with pain, grief, or other emotion); also, to render motionless (with astonishment, horror, etc.).
1649Lovelace Poems 19 Transfixed Venus stood amas'd. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. III. 76 Sent by a breaking Heart by Guilt transfix'd. 1791Cowper Odyss. x. 303 His heart transfixt With anguish. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xix, Both of whom were so transfixed at sight of the ladies that..they..could do nothing but stare. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola iv, [He] stood transfixed, with his long dark eyes resting on the unknown man who had addressed him.
Hence transfixed (-ˈfɪkst, poet. -ˈfɪksɪd) ppl. a.; spec. in Her.: see quots. c 1828 and 1894; transˈfixing ppl. a.
1661Blount Glossogr. (ed. 2), Transfixed.., sticked or thurst through. c1828Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss., Transfixed, pierced through, as a boar's head, &c., transfixed with a spear, &c. 1854Kane Grinnell Exp. xlvi. 429 Then the transfixed and transfixing vessels were both eaten up together by the greedy floes. 1859Sala Tw. Round Clock (1861) 64 Their muskets—prudently divested of the transfixing bayonets. 1894Parker's Gloss. Her. 456 Pierced with an arrow generally means the same as transfixed. |