electricalize

English

Etymology

electrical +‎ -ize

Verb

electricalize (third-person singular simple present electricalizes, present participle electricalizing, simple past and past participle electricalized)

1. (rare, archaic, transitive) To electrify.
   • 1921, Alexander Russell Bond, Scientific American Monthly, volumes 3-4, page 321:

     […] many of the metals also have been prepared by electrical means. If a dilute solution of a metal be electricalized, the metal is not deposited on the cathode; […]

   • 1929, Kentucky State Horticultural Society, Transactions: Being a Report of the ... Annual Meeting, page 169:

     The trees were all wired. They were electricalizing them to avoid spring frosts by thermostatic control.