Transfixed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transfix \Trans*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Transfixed}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Transfixing}.] [L. transfixus, p. p. of transfigure
     to transfix; trans across, through + figere to fix, fasten.
     See {Fix}.]
     To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as,
     to transfix one with a dart.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  transfixed
       adj : having your attention fixated as though by a spell [syn: {fascinated},
              {hypnotized}, {hypnotised}, {mesmerized}, {mesmerised},
              {spellbound}]