fixate

== English == === Etymology === From fix +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) +‎ -ate. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /fɪkˈseɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɪkseɪt/ Rhymes: -eɪt === Verb === fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated) (transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix. To stare fixedly at something. (intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. [with on] (intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====