energise

See also: énergisé and énergise

English

Etymology

From energy +‎ -ise.

Verb

energise (third-person singular simple present energises, present participle energising, simple past and past participle energised)

1. Non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.
   • 1963 December, “News and Comment:Catenary energised to Lichfield”, in Modern Railways, page 368:

     The 13-mile section from Tring to Watford, on which work is further ahead than elsewhere south of Rugby, is likely to be energised for crew training in advance of the Rugby-Euston extension; a Crewe-Liverpool multiple-unit set is already at Stonebridge Park depot ready for use on this work.

Derived terms

• deenergise
• de-energise
• energisation
• energiser
• reenergise

Anagrams

• energies, greenies, reseeing, resignee