FIXATE

fixate, settle on

(verb) become fixed (on); “Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon”

fixate, fix

(verb) make fixed, stable or stationary; “let’s fix the picture to the frame”

fixate

(verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; “The media are fixating on Princess Diana’s death”

fixate

(verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; “He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

fixate (third-person singular simple present fixates, present participle fixating, simple past and past participle fixated)

(transitive) To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

To stare fixedly at something.

(intransitive) To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.

(intransitive, psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.

Source: Wiktionary