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obsess

English

Etymology

From Latin obsessus, perfect passive participle of obside? (“sit on or in, remain, besiege”), from ob (“before”) + sede? (“I sit”); see sit, session, etc.; compare assess, possess.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?s?s/

Verb

obsess (third-person singular simple present obsesses, present participle obsessing, simple past and past participle obsessed)

  1. (passive, constructed with "with") To be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.
  2. (transitive) To dominate the thoughts of someone.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, construed with over) To think or talk obsessively about.

Related terms

  • obsession

Translations

Further reading

  • obsess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • obsess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

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fixated

English

Verb

fixated

  1. simple past tense and past participle of fixate

Adjective

fixated (comparative more fixated, superlative most fixated)

  1. (psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

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