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   fixate

   /fɪkˈseɪt/

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to develop an obsessive attachment to someone or something: "he became fixated on the idea of a Third World War"
   • ▪ develop a fixation with: "erotomaniacs are convinced that the person they have fixated on loves them in return"
   • ▪ (in Freudian theory) arrest (a person or their libidinal energy) at an immature stage, causing an obsessive attachment: "an individual may have been fixated at one stage of development"
   • 2. direct one's eyes towards: technical "subjects fixated a central point"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from Latin fixus, past participle of figere (see fix) + -ate3.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • F

     4

   • I

     1

   • X

     8

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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