electrify

[ih-lek-truh-fahy]

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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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Related Words

live, wired

Examples from the Web for electrified

Contemporary Examples

“When you fired your arrow at the force field, you electrified a nation,” President Coin (Julianne Moore) tells her.
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November 20, 2014
Equally incisive were Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge, and the three young Afro-Englishmen electrified the game.
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June 15, 2014
Fences built ten-feet high with fifteen rows of electrified barbed wire surrounded the compound.
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June 7, 2014
The first hearing in the case, which has electrified Hollywood, is set for late July.
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May 30, 2014
The firefighters did not want the ambulatory passengers to chance onto an electrified rail or encounter some other hazard.
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Michael Daly
December 2, 2013

Historical Examples

On the instant the old Chinaman was electrified into sudden and astounding action.
The Monster Men
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The covers were electrified and clung to him like tissue to rubbed amber.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
And then something happened that electrified every one within the café.
Frank Merriwell Down South
Burt L. Standish
If a conductor is to be electrified, it must be supported by bad conductors.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885
Various
Let us suppose that this gutta percha, and this cat's-skin are not electrified.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885
Various

British Dictionary definitions for electrified

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 electrified

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 electrified

Contemporary Examples

“When you fired your arrow at the force field, you electrified a nation,” President Coin (Julianne Moore) tells her.

Equally incisive were Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge, and the three young Afro-Englishmen electrified the game.

Fences built ten-feet high with fifteen rows of electrified barbed wire surrounded the compound.

The first hearing in the case, which has electrified Hollywood, is set for late July.

The firefighters did not want the ambulatory passengers to chance onto an electrified rail or encounter some other hazard.

Historical Examples

On the instant the old Chinaman was electrified into sudden and astounding action.

The covers were electrified and clung to him like tissue to rubbed amber.

And then something happened that electrified every one within the café.

If a conductor is to be electrified, it must be supported by bad conductors.

Let us suppose that this gutta percha, and this cat's-skin are not electrified.

electrify

Word Origin and History for electrified

electrify

v.

Origin of electrify