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Fixate

//ˈfɪkseɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make something fixed and stable; to fix. transitive
  2. 2
    become fixed (on) wordnet
  3. 3
    To stare fixedly at something.
  4. 4
    make fixed, stable or stationary wordnet
  5. 5
    To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. intransitive

    "He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done."

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  1. 6
    pay attention to exclusively and obsessively wordnet
  2. 7
    To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. intransitive
  3. 8
    attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way wordnet

Etymology

From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate.

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