# fixate

> English word · Verb · IPA /fɪkˈseɪt/ · frequency rank #65,890

## Definitions
1. To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
2. To stare fixedly at something.
3. To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
4. To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/fixate