energize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- energise (Commonwealth English)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛnɚd͡ʒaɪz/
Audio (Midwestern US): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈenəd͡ʒɑɪz/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈenəd͡ʒaɪz/
Verb
[edit]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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to invigorate, to make energetic
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to supply with energy, especially electricity
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References
[edit]- ^ “energize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]energize
- inflection of energizar:
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