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Definition of Electrifying
1. Adjective. Causing a surge of emotion or excitement. "A thrilling performer to watch"
Definition of Electrifying
1. Verb. (present participle of electrify) ¹
2. Adjective. that electrifies ¹
3. Adjective. thrilling or startling ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Electrifying
1. electrify [v] - See also: electrify
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrifying
Literary usage of Electrifying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Researches of ... Henry Cavendish, F. R. S.: Written Between by Henry Cavendish (1879)
"The electrifying wire was suspended by the string G with a counterpoise. The plates
were electrified, holding my finger to bottom plate, they were then ..."
2. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1836)
"MEANS OF electrifying PATIENTS EITHER WITH SPARKS OR BY SHOCKS. 50. electrifying
with Sparks. A person, seated on an insulated chair, is made to communicate ..."
3. A History of Electricity (the Intellectual Rise in Electricity) from by Park Benjamin (1895)
"... EXPERIMENTS IN electrifying ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES.1 1 Reproduced in reduced
fac simile from ..."
4. A Brief Exposition of the Science of Mechanical Electricity: Or Electricity by Robert Hare (1840)
"During the time of this d muriatic gas, magnificent brushes were passing off from
different MEANS OF electrifying PATIENTS EITHER WITH SPARK* > BY SHOCKS. ..."
5. The Edison Monthly by New York Edison Company (1910)
"Experiments in electrifying: ... Electric locomotive "Benjamin Franklin" used in
the early experiment! at electrifying the New York elevated roada. ..."
6. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"(4) In the cat and dog cough is often observed on electrifying the trunk of the
superior laryngeal nerve and that of the glosso-pharyngeal. ..."
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