energize
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energize
give energy to; to put out energy: A brisk walk in the cold air will energize you.
Not to be confused with:
enervate – deprive of vitality; weaken: Constant worry will enervate you.
invigorate – give vigor, vitality, or strength: Weight-lifting will invigorate you.
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en·er·gize
(ĕn′ər-jīz′)v. en·er·gized, en·er·giz·ing, en·er·giz·es
v.tr.
1. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhood—father in ... prison, factory work as a boy—both haunted and energized him" (Frank Conroy).
2. To supply with an electric current.
v.intr.
To release or put out energy.
en′er·gi′za′tion (-jī′zā′shən) n.
en′er·giz′er n.
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energize
(ˈɛnəˌdʒaɪz) orenergise
vb
1. to have or cause to have energy; invigorate
2. (Electronics) (tr) to apply a source of electric current or electromotive force to (a circuit, field winding, etc)
ˈenerˌgizer, ˈenerˌgiser n
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en•er•gize
(ˈɛn ərˌdʒaɪz)v. -gized, -giz•ing. v.t.
1. to give energy to; rouse into activity.
2. to supply electrical current to or store electrical energy in.
v.i. 3. to put forth energy.
[1745–55]
en′er•giz`er, n.
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energize
Past participle: energized
Gerund: energizing
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| Verb | 1. |  energize - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" cathect - inject with libidinal energy reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reinvigorate, invigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" de-energise, de-energize - deprive of energy |
| 2. | energize - raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" |
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energize
verb
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energize
verbTo give or impart vitality and energy to (someone or something):
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Translations
énergiser
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
energize
[ˈɛnərdʒaɪz] energise (British) vt (= invigorate) [+ person] → stimuler, motiverto be energized → être plein(e) d'énergie
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energize
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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energize
v. desplegar energía; vigorizar.
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