fixate

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
2. verb To stare fixedly at something.
3. verb To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with on]
4. verb To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. [with on]

Similar words

settle on fix defix stabilify focalize stare lock in stabilize staw settle

Often followed by

on the a and upon an at it with

Word family

fixated fixates fixating