Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

fixate

 

1) to make stable or stationary; 2) to become fixed

 

The eyes of the actor fixated on a brunette ironing costumes on the other side of the room; it was the beginning of a loving relationship that lasted a lifetime.

 

Related English words: fixation, fixative (serving to make fixed or permanent)

 

Latin root word: figo, figere, fixi, fixus - fasten, attach, make firm

 

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