1. Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively
   "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
    
2. Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way
   "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
    
3. Make fixed, stable or stationary
   "The screws fixated the shelf to the wall";
   - fix
    
4. Become fixed (on)
   "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon";
   - settle on

Derived forms: fixating, fixates, fixated

Type of: advert [rare], attach, attend, bind, bond, freeze, give ear [archaic], hang, pay heed, stop dead, tie

Encyclopedia: Fixate