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Webster 1913 Edition

Transfix

Trans-fix′

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Transfixed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Transfixing

.]

[L.

transfixus

, p. p. of

transfigure

to transfix;

trans

across, through +

figere

to fix, fasten. See

.]

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale;

as, to

transfix

one with a dart

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transfix

TRANSFIX'

,

Verb.

T.

[L. transfixus, transfigo; trans and figo.]

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; as, to transfix one with a dart or spear.