energize

English

Alternative forms

• energise (Commonwealth English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Ancient Greek ἐν (en)

Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *wérgon

Proto-Hellenic *wérgon

Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἐνεργός (energós)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Proto-Hellenic *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs)

Ancient Greek ἐνεργής (energḗs)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.

Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă)

Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia)bor.

Late Latin energīader.

Middle French énergieder.

English energy

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English energize

From energy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛnɚd͡ʒaɪz/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈenəd͡ʒɑɪz/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈenəd͡ʒaɪz/

Verb

energize (third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized)

1. (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.
   • 1986, Paul Reed, “Serenity”, in Eric E. Rofes, editor, Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male, page 9:

     Magazines of the day celebrated the new gay health consciousness in articles which linked the proliferation of gay bodybuilding with the health craze sweeping the country, though this was often complete nonsense. For did we not, all of us, know scores of friends who used drugs to energize their workouts, who smoked dope, took speed, and shot up anabolic steroids to facilitate that mad, muscular frenzy?

2. (transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).

   Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.

3. (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

• deenergize
• de-energize
• disenergize
• energizable
• energization
• energizer
• reenergize

Translations

to invigorate, to make energetic

• Arabic: نَشَّطَ (naššaṭa), قَوَّى (qawwā)
• Bulgarian: стимулирам (bg) (stimuliram), възбуждам (bg) (văzbuždam)
• Finnish: elävöittää (fi), elvyttää (fi), piristää (fi), virkistää (fi), energisoida
• Irish: fuinnmhigh
• Italian: energizzare, rinvigorire (it), rafforzare (it)
• Portuguese: estimular (pt)
• Romanian: energizare f
• Russian: возбужда́ть (ru) (vozbuždátʹ), активизи́ровать (ru) (aktivizírovatʹ), усиливать (ru) (usilivatʹ)
• Spanish: jumpear (Puerto Rico)

to supply with energy, especially electricity — see also charge

• Finnish: johtaa virta, kytkeä virta, kytkeä sähköt, sähköistää (fi)
• Irish: fuinnmhigh
• Italian: dare energia
• Portuguese: energizar (pt)
• Russian: подава́ть напряже́ние (podavátʹ naprjažénije), включа́ть ток (vključátʹ tok),, подава́ть пита́ние (podavátʹ pitánije), включа́ть напряже́ние (vključátʹ naprjažénije)
• Spanish: energizar (es)

Anagrams

• greenize

Portuguese

Verb

energize

1. inflection of energizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative