Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to transfix
Participle: transfixed
Gerund: transfixing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | transfix |
| you | transfix |
| he;she;it | transfixes |
| we | transfix |
| you | transfix |
| they | transfix |
Perfect
| I | have transfixed |
| you | have transfixed |
| he;she;it | has transfixed |
| we | have transfixed |
| you | have transfixed |
| they | have transfixed |
Past
| I | transfixed |
| you | transfixed |
| he;she;it | transfixed |
| we | transfixed |
| you | transfixed |
| they | transfixed |
Pluperfect
| I | had transfixed |
| you | had transfixed |
| he;she;it | had transfixed |
| we | had transfixed |
| you | had transfixed |
| they | had transfixed |
Future
| I | will transfix |
| you | will transfix |
| he;she;it | will transfix |
| we | will transfix |
| you | will transfix |
| they | will transfix |
Future Perfect
| I | will have transfixed |
| you | will have transfixed |
| he;she;it | will have transfixed |
| we | will have transfixed |
| you | will have transfixed |
| they | will have transfixed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | transfix |
| you | transfix |
| he;she;it | transfix |
| we | transfix |
| you | transfix |
| they | transfix |
Perfect
| I | have transfixed |
| you | have transfixed |
| he;she;it | have transfixed |
| we | have transfixed |
| you | have transfixed |
| they | have transfixed |
Imperfect
| I | transfixed |
| you | transfixed |
| he;she;it | transfixed |
| we | transfixed |
| you | transfixed |
| they | transfixed |
Pluperfect
| I | had transfixed |
| you | had transfixed |
| he;she;it | had transfixed |
| we | had transfixed |
| you | had transfixed |
| they | had transfixed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would transfix |
| you | would transfix |
| he;she;it | would transfix |
| we | would transfix |
| you | would transfix |
| they | would transfix |
Perfect
| I | would have transfixed |
| you | would have transfixed |
| he;she;it | would have transfixed |
| we | would have transfixed |
| you | would have transfixed |
| they | would have transfixed |
Imperative
| you | transfix |
| we | Let's transfix |
| you | transfix |
Verbs conjugated like 'transfix'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'transfix'
transfer,
tranship,
transit,
transmit,
transmux,
transsex,
traffic,
trans,
transact,
transcur,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- hold spellbound
- awe, enthral
- to pierce something with any long, pointed object
- empierce, fix, impale, pierce, prick, puncture, run through, stake, stick, transpierce
- impale
- stab, spear, pierce, pin, perforate, penetrate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1590, "pierce through, impale," from M.Fr.
transfixer, from L.
transfixus "impaled," pp. of
transfigere "to impale, pierce through," from
trans- "through" +
figere "to fix, fasten" (see fix). Fig. sense of "make motionless or helpless, as with amazement, terror, or grief" is first recorded 1649.
2. From Middle French transfixer, from Old French transfixer, from Latin transfigō (“to pierce through”), from trans- (“through”) + figō (“to pierce”). See: Latin '
transfigō'.
Sample Sentences
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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 design. [1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
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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. [1973, Norman Mailer, Marilyn: A Biography, page 45:]
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The spear transfixed my arm that was uplifted
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In swift expostulation, and the blood
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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, page 237:]
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There was a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this on occasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would assemble with spears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as they hurried down to the sea. [1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 52”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:]