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| fix·ate [ fík sàyt ] (past and past participle fix·at·ed, present participle fix·at·ing, 3rd person present singular fix·ates) |
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1. intransitive verb focus on something: to focus exclusively on something
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2. transitive verb obsess somebody: to obsess or preoccupy somebody or something totally
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3. transitive and intransitive verb psychology form a fixation: to form or have a psychological fixation with a person or object
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4. transitive and intransitive verb become or make fixed: to make something stable or secure, or become so
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| [Late 19th century. < Latin fix- (see fix)] |