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7 words match “TRANSFIX”

TRANSFIX v.
To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart.
TRANSFIXION n.
The act of transfixing, or the state of being transfixed, or pierced. Bp. Hall.
FIX v.
To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.
PIERCE v.
To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." Dryden.
RUN v.
or one's chances, to encounter all the risks of a certain course. -- To run through, to transfix; to pierce, as with a sword. "[He] was run through the body by the man who had asked his advice." Addison. -- To run up. (a) To thrust up, as anything long and slender. (b) To increase; to enlarge by additions, as an acc…
TEMPEST n.
snow; a furious storm. [We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. Milton.
THRILL v.
To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. [Obs.] He pierced through his chafed chest With thrilling point of deadly iron brand. Spenser.