Electrify
[ɪ'lektrɪfaɪ] or [ɪ'lɛktrə'fai]
Definition
(verb.) equip for use with electricity; 'electrify an appliance'.
(verb.) charge (a conductor) with electricity.
(verb.) excite suddenly and intensely; 'The news electrified us'.
Edited by Kitty--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
(v. t.) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
(v. t.) To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
(v. i.) To become electric.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Render electric, charge with electricity.[2]. Rouse, thrill, excite, stir, enchant.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Astonish, astound, appall, thrill, amaze, dumbfounder
ANT:Soothe, compose, cairn, mesmerize
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Examples
- Number one,' said Bella, 'will electrify you, Pa. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This spirited burst from Beth electrified the club, and Jo left her seat to shake hands approvingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She was first transfixed with surprise, and then electrified with delight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was electrified by the likeness between this unhappy woman and Lady Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And may reluctant admiration acknowledge that he electrified her with two words? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They proved capable of passing through sheets of aluminum and of copper, and of discharging electrified bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Gurth started up as if electrified. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Watson, who helped him construct the two armatures, or vibrating discs, at the end of an electrified wire that stretched from the workshop to an adjoining room. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- A great mistake, Chettam, interposed Mr. Brooke, going into electrifying your land and that kind of thing, and making a parlor of your cow-house. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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