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Energize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhood—father in . . . prison, factory work as a boy—both haunted and energized him” ( Frank Conroy).

v. To supply with an electric current.

verb-intransitive. To release or put out energy.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To invigorate, to make energetic.

v. To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

verb-intransitive. To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

v. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To endow with energy; impart active force or strength to; make vigorous.

To act with energy or force; operate with vigor; act in producing an effect.

Also spelled energise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. raise to a higher energy level

v. cause to be alert and energetic

Word Usage

"And McCain talking about re-energize is like the Bush's talking about the Duracell Bunny instead of counting the money their making on oil these days."

Antonym

weaken enervate

Verb Form

energized energizes energizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

change modify alter

Form

energized energizing

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

alacrify potentialize activate dynamize animated