fixate v 1: attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" 2: pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death" 3: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" [syn: {fixate}, {fix}] 4: become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon" [syn: {fixate}, {settle on}]