fixate

verbs

attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

"He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"

fixate

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is a type of (narrower)

create social or emotional ties

"The grandparents want to bond with the child"

pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

"The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"

fixate

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

give heed (to)

"The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

make fixed, stable or stationary

"let's fix the picture to the frame"

fix, fixate

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is derived from

become fixed (on)

"Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"

fixate, settle on