energize
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- energise (Commonwealth English)
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By surface analysis, energy + -ize.
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energize (third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized)
- (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.
- (transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).
- Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
- 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry:
- Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.
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to invigorate, to make energetic
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to supply with energy, especially electricity
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energize
- inflection of energizar: