Dictionary
fix•ate
Pronunciation: (fik'sāt), [key]
—v., -at•ed, -at•ing.
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v.t.
to fix; make stable or stationary.
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v.i.
1. to become fixed.
2. Psychoanal.to develop a fixation; suffer an arrest in one's emotional or sexual development.
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