galvanize

[ gal-vuh-nahyz ]

/ ˈgæl vəˌnaɪz /

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verb (used with object), gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing.

to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.

Medicine/Medical. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current (distinguished from faradize).

to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.

to coat (metal, especially iron or steel) with zinc.

OTHER WORDS FOR galvanize

3 rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.

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Also especially British, gal·va·nise .

Origin of galvanize

First recorded in 1795–1805; from French galvaniser, named after Luigi Galvani; see -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM galvanize

gal·va·ni·za·tion, noungal·va·niz·er, nounnon·gal·va·nized, adjectivepre·gal·va·nize, verb (used with object), pre·gal·va·nized, pre·gal·va·niz·ing.

re·gal·va·ni·za·tion, nounre·gal·va·nize, verb (used with object), re·gal·va·nized, re·gal·va·niz·ing.un·gal·va·nized, adjective

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How to use galvanize in a sentence

The starting point guard, seemingly fully recovered from his left quadriceps injury, was the team’s galvanizing force all night and set a new season high for the second straight game with 41 points.
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Flood the airways with marketing campaigns to galvanize us all to do our part so we can celebrate freedom from the virus this Fourth of July.
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Movies, songs, TV shows, books, and other artworks that showcase nature being alive and having its own rights can galvanize culture and will help fuel legal battles.
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The segregation and social injustices stemming from exclusionary housing policies, for instance, persist because the beneficiaries of those systems can galvanize segments of the public to lobby for an outcome in their interest.
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The hunt — which has repeatedly been called a hoax by skeptics — galvanized roughly 350,000 voyagers to seek the treasure.
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I was about to get serious, though typically, my political galvanization came about for relatively superficial reasons.
‘The Normal Heart’ and Hope in the Battlefield of AIDS|Michael Musto|May 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Galvanization or faradization of the affected parts may also be employed, and with, occasionally, beneficial effect.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
Where many joints are involved, the advantages over local galvanization of the baths is sufficiently obvious.
The Electric Bath|George M. Schweig
Galvanization of the bladder with an intravesical electrode is sometimes of service to strengthen its capacity for contraction.
Fat and Blood|S. Weir Mitchell
He was ordered two weeks' rest in bed, with massage, cool sponging daily, and galvanization of the areas of neuralgia.
Fat and Blood|S. Weir Mitchell
Galvanization from supra-orbital foramen to nape stopped the pain in five minutes.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it|Francis E. Anstie

British Dictionary definitions for galvanize

galvanize

galvanise

/ (ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to stimulate to action; excite; startle

to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition

to stimulate by application of an electric current

noun

Caribbean galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing

Derived forms of galvanize

galvanization or galvanisation, noungalvanizer or galvaniser, noun

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