Definition of Energize

1. Verb. Cause to be alert and energetic. "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"


2. Verb. Raise to a higher energy level. "Excite the atoms"
Exact synonyms: Energise, Excite
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Energiser, Energizer, Energizing, Energy, Energy, Energy, Energy, Excitatory

Definition of Energize

1. v. i. To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

2. v. t. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.

Definition of Energize

1. Verb. To invigorate, to make energetic. ¹

2. Verb. To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Energize

1. to give energy to [v -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Energize

energetically
energetick
energetics
energic
energid
energids
energies
energise
energised
energiser
energisers
energises
energising
energization
energizations
energize (current term)
energized
energizer
energizers
energizes
energizing
energometer
energumen
energumens
energy
energy-absorbing
energy-generating resources
energy-releasing
energy-releasing(a)
energy-rich bond

Literary usage of Energize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sánkhya Aphorisms of Kapila: With Illustrative Extracts from the by Kapila (1885)
"But, still, a senseless Nature would never energize, or would energize the wrong way ; because of there being [in her case,] no such communing as, ..."

2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"... the Spirit is no longer affected at all by the appearance, can energize freely in connection with it, and amidst the world of appearance, ..."

3. Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri S. Lesesne (2006)
"... chapter4 How Can We energize Tweens? TARGET: Six Ways for Teachers to Reconnect Kids to Books Quick Takes: Brandon, age nine ("almost ten") and John, ..."

4. The Law of Mental Medicine: The Correlation of the Facts of Psychology and by Thomson Jay Hudson (1903)
"It is a Mental Organism that all Therapeutic Agencies are designed to energize. — Mental Therapeutic Agencies the Primary and Normal Means for this End. ..."

5. The Graduate College of Princeton: With Some Reflections on the Humanizing by Andrew Fleming West (1913)
"Could a school of higher studies have a higher impulse? May it energize and transfigure the new-born Graduate College! INTERIOR OF QUADRANGLE LOOKING ..."

6. Automatic Telephony: A Comprehensive Treatise on Automatic and Semi by Arthur Bessey Smith, Wilson Lee Campbell (1921)
"After cessation of the rotary impulses the series relay will de-energize and open the circuit of the private magnet. If the test connector in board 67 is ..."

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