electrify

[ih-lek-truh-fahy]

verb (used with object), e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing.

to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to.
to supply (a region, community, etc.) with electric power: The valley wasn't electrified until 1936.
to equip for the use of electric power, as a railroad.

to excite greatly; thrill: to electrify an audience.

Origin of electrify

First recorded in 1735–45; electr- + -ify

Related formse·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, noune·lec·tri·fi·er, nounnon·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, nounnon·e·lec·tri·fied, adjectivepro·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, adjectivere·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, nounre·e·lec·tri·fy, verb (used with object), re·e·lec·tri·fied, re·e·lec·tri·fy·ing.un·e·lec·tri·fied, adjectiveun·e·lec·tri·fy·ing, adjective

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4. stir, rouse, dazzle.

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Examples from the Web for electrification

Contemporary Examples

People in the Plains states did not get electrification until the 30s.
Lights Out in Westchester, New York
Malcolm Jones
November 6, 2012
Our goal is just to advance the electrification of transport.
Elon Musk and The Revenge of the Electric Car
Marlow Stern
April 25, 2011

Historical Examples

The movement was from a place of greater degree of electrification to one of less.
Physics
Willis Eugene Tower
One is the "degree of electrification," the other, "the degree of hotness."
Physics
Willis Eugene Tower
Some substances have the ability to transfer charges of electrification.
Physics
Willis Eugene Tower
They must have electrification, better signaling, newer and larger terminals.
Our Railroads To-Morrow
Edward Hungerford
This leads us to believe that there are two kinds of electrification or two kinds of electrical charge.
The Romance of War Inventions
Thomas W. Corbin

British Dictionary definitions for electrification

electrify

verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)

to adapt or equip (a system, device, etc) for operation by electrical power
to charge with or subject to electricity
to startle or excite intensely; shock or thrill

Derived Formselectrifiable, adjectiveelectrification, nounelectrifier, noun

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Word Origin and History for electrification

n.

1748; see electrify + -ation.

electrify

v.

1745, "to charge with electricity;" see electric + -fy. Figurative sense recorded by 1752. Related: Electrified; electrifying.

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Examples from the Web for electrification

Contemporary Examples

People in the Plains states did not get electrification until the 30s.

Our goal is just to advance the electrification of transport.

Historical Examples

The movement was from a place of greater degree of electrification to one of less.

One is the "degree of electrification," the other, "the degree of hotness."

Some substances have the ability to transfer charges of electrification.

They must have electrification, better signaling, newer and larger terminals.

This leads us to believe that there are two kinds of electrification or two kinds of electrical charge.

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Word Origin and History for electrification

n.

electrify

v.

Origin of electrify