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transfix

trans.fix \tran(t)s-'fiks\ \-'fik-sh*n\ vt [L transfixus, pp. of 
   transfigere, fr. trans- + figere]to fasten, pierce - more at DIKE 1: to 
   pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon : IMPALE  2: to hold 
   motionless by or as if by piercing  - trans.fix.ion n