Energize

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Energize \En"er*gize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Energized}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Energizing}.] [From {Energy}.]
     To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or
     vigor; to act in producing an effect.
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           Of all men it is true that they feel and energize
           first, they reflect and judge afterwards. --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Energize \En"er*gize\, v. t.
     To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify;
     as, to energize the will.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  energize
       v 1: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
            me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: {stimulate},
             {arouse}, {brace}, {energise}, {perk up}] [ant: {de-energize},
             {de-energize}, {sedate}]
       2: raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn: {excite},
           {energise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "energize":
     activate, actuate, amplify, animate, arm, arouse,
     breathe life into, bring into being, bring into existence,
     bring to life, build up, call into being, call into existence,
     charge, compel, conceive, dynamize, egg on, electrify, empower,
     enable, endow with life, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fire, force,
     fortify, foster, galvanize, generate, give birth, give life to,
     hearten, impel, inflame, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up,
     kindle, liven, loop in, motivate, move, move to action, pep up,
     perk up, plug in, promote, propel, quicken, reinforce, rouse,
     set in motion, shock, short, short-circuit, snap up, spark,
     step down, step up, stiffen, stimulate, stir, sustain, switch off,
     switch on, turn off, turn on, urge, vitalize, vivify, waken, warm,
     zip up