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fixate in WordNet English dictionary
verb- make fixed, stable or stationary
"let's fix the picture to the frame"
fixate fix
- become fixed (on)
"Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
fixate settle on
- pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
"The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
fixate
- attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
"He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
fixate
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fixate in English Wiktionary
- (verb) To make something fixed and stable; to fix
- (verb) To stare fixedly at something
- (verb) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others
- (verb) (psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner
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