fixate definition

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