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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fix·ate (fix·at·ed ; fix·at·ing) DATE 1885 transitive verb 1. to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging 2. to focus one's gaze on 3. to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification intransitive verb 1. to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively 2. to undergo arrestment at a stage of development English Etymology fixate fixate (v.) 1926, originally in Freudian theory, a back-formationfrom fixation (1393), an alchemical word which had been used in the Freudian sense since 1910; see fix. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fix·ate \ˈfikˌsāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Latin fixus (past participle of figere to fasten, pierce) + English -ate — more at dike transitive verb 1. : to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging : fix < it is the groups that become fixated by orthodoxy that decline — D.F.Fleming > < Protestants have been fixated in defending the thought of the reforming sixteenth century — J.W.Nixon > 2. : to focus one's eyes upon : concentrate one's gaze on < fixate a word on the moving sheet — R.S.Woodworth > 3. : to direct (the libido) toward a pregenital form of gratification intransitive verb 1. : to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention — usually used with on or upon < an infant with normal vision … will fixate on a light held before him — Journal American Medical Association > 2. : to undergo arrestment at a certain stage of development < men and women of a certain caliber fixate in any job — H.A.Overstreet > specifically : to undergo arrestment at a certain stage of psychosexual development |
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