transfix

To render motionless, as with terror, amazement, or awe.

To pierce or impale with a pointed weapon or object.

In geometry, to cut by a fixed straight, m, a subject composed of planes, α, β, γ, that is, to construct the passes m·α, m·β, m·γ.

To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; transpierce.

Synonyms Pierce, etc. See penetrate.