/fik"sayt/ , v. , fixated, fixating .
v.t.
1. to fix; make stable or stationary.
v.i.
2. to become fixed.
3. Psychoanal. to develop a fixation; suffer an arrest in one's emotional or sexual development.
[ 1880-85; fix ( us ) fixed, firm (see FIX) + -ATE 1 ]