electrify
to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to.
to supply (a region, community, etc.) with electric power: The valley wasn't electrified until 1936.
to equip for the use of electric power, as a railroad.
to excite greatly; thrill: to electrify an audience.
Origin of electrify
1Other words for electrify
Other words from electrify
- e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, noun
- e·lec·tri·fi·er, noun
- non·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, noun
- non·e·lec·tri·fied, adjective
- pro·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, adjective
- re·e·lec·tri·fi·ca·tion, noun
- re·e·lec·tri·fy, verb (used with object), re·e·lec·tri·fied, re·e·lec·tri·fy·ing.
- un·e·lec·tri·fied, adjective
- un·e·lec·tri·fy·ing, adjective
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How to use electrify in a sentence
Most farmers, I am told, waited until rural electrification brought them grid power.
People in the Plains states did not get electrification until the 30s.
Our goal is just to advance the electrification of transport.
In fact, no exact knowledge of the source of electrification of any colloid has yet been obtained.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2. | Julius StieglitzThis electrification is often difficult to remove without injuring the insulating power of the paraffin.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
A hundred feet further on I saw that the passage was barred by a grille, faintly luminous with electrification.
Astounding Stories, July, 1931 | VariousThis leads us to believe that there are two kinds of electrification or two kinds of electrical charge.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinFrom the ease with which electrification moves, along a conductor, many have imagined that electricity is a fluid.
Physics | Willis Eugene Tower
British Dictionary definitions for electrify
/ (ɪˈlɛktrɪˌfaɪ) /
to adapt or equip (a system, device, etc) for operation by electrical power
to charge with or subject to electricity
to startle or excite intensely; shock or thrill
Derived forms of electrify
- electrifiable, adjective
- electrification, noun
- electrifier, noun
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