galvanise
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vəˌnaɪz verb (used with object), gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing.
2.
Medicine/Medical. to stimulate or treat (muscles or nerves) with induced direct current ( distinguished from faradize ).
3.
to startle into sudden activity; stimulate.
4.
to coat (metal, especially iron or steel) with zinc.
Also, especially British, gal·va·nise.
Related forms
gal·va·ni·za·tion, noun
gal·va·niz·er, noun
non·gal·va·nized, adjective
pre·gal·va·nize, verb (used with object), pre·gal·va·nized, pre·gal·va·niz·ing.
re·gal·va·ni·za·tion, noun
re·gal·va·nize, verb (used with object), re·gal·va·nized, re·gal·va·niz·ing.
un·gal·va·nized, adjective
Synonyms
3. rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.
3. rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.
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| 1. | to stimulate to action; excite; startle |
| 2. | to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition |
| 3. | to stimulate by application of an electric current |
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| 4. | (Caribbean) galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing |
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| galvanize or galvanise (ˈɡælvəˌnaɪz) | |
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| 1. | to stimulate to action; excite; startle |
| 2. | to cover (iron, steel, etc) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition |
| 3. | to stimulate by application of an electric current |
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| 4. | (Caribbean) galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing |
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Word Origin & History
galvanize
1802, from Fr. galvaniser, from galvanisme (see galvanism). Figurative sense of "excite, stimulate (as if by electricity)" first recorded 1853. Meaning "to coat with metal by means of galvanic electricity" (especially to plate iron with tin, but now typically to plate it with zinc) is from 1839.
"He'll swear that in her dancing she cuts all others out,Related: Galvanized; galvanizing.
Though like a Gal that's galvanized, she throws her legs about."
[Thomas Hood, "Love has not Eyes," 1845]
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Example sentences
Bringing this phenomenon to light should hopefully galvanise people in the entertainment industry to give it due consideration.
He pioneered the idea that ideas can help galvanise companies.
Some claim a credo can help to galvanise an electorate bored by consensual centrism.
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