energize
verb (used with object)
to give energy to; rouse into activity.
have energized
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present perfectof energize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The policies have energized Mr. DeSantis’s supporters and are part of the platform from which he is expected to run for president.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
Even Palestinian Israelis in Jerusalem raised the Moroccan flag in a collective joy that seems to have energized a Pan-Arab spirit many have said is all but dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Thurmond said he thinks many of Walker’ controversies have energized his supporters and even helped drive up their enthusiasm.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
Both factors have energized opponents of the initiative.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
He was one of those men whom the possession of money seems to have energized; his life, so purposeless long before, grew by good fortune to a strict computation with the world.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by George Alfred Townsend
