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transfix(dictionary)
transfix(dictionary)
only child(medicine)
child(1)(dictionary)
child(dictionary)
Child(law)
Child(medicine)
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child benefit (oh) and transfix (iou)


child benefit (oh)



n [U]
an amount of money that the British government gives to Families with children

transfix (iou)



transfix verb trans. L16.
[Latin transfix- pa. ppl stem of transfigere, formed as TRANS- + figere fix, fasten.]
1. Pierce through with or impale on a sharp pointed object; fix or fasten by piercing. L16.
W. Paley The butcher-bird transfixes its prey upon the spike of a thorn.
2. fig. Affect deeply esp. with pain, grief, or Other emotion. Also, make motionless (with fascination, astonishment, fear, etc.). M17.
R. Holmes I stared at these photographs for hours, transfixed.
transfixedly adverb M19.
transfixture noun (rare) the state or condition of being transfixed, esp. with emotion L19.