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gal⋅va⋅nize

  [gal-vuh-nahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -nized, -niz⋅ing.
1. to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
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, esp. iron or steel) with zinc.
Also, especially British, gal⋅va⋅nise.

Origin:
1795–1805; < F galvaniser, named after Luigi Galvani; see -ize

Related forms:
gal⋅va⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
gal⋅va⋅niz⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.
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gal·va·nize   (gāl'və-nīz')   
tr.v.   gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
  1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
  2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "Issues that once galvanized the electorate fade into irrelevance" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
  3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.
gal'va·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n., gal'va·niz'er n.
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Galvanize

Gal"va*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galvanized; p pr. & vb. n. Galvanizing.] [Cf. F. galvaniser.]

1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.

3. To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.

4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.

Galvanized iron, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : galvanize
Spanish: galvanizar,
German: verzinken,
Japanese: 亜鉛めっきする
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galvanize 
1802, from Fr. galvaniser, from galvanisme "electricity produced by chemical action," formed from name of It. physicist Luigi Galvani (1737-98) who discovered it while running currents through the legs of dead frogs. 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) is from 1839.
"He'll swear that in her dancing she cuts all others out,
Though like a Gal that's galvanized, she throws her legs about."
[Thomas Hood, "Love has not Eyes," 1845]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: gal·va·nize
Variant: or British gal·va·nise /'gal-v&-"nIz/
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:-nized or British -nised; -niz·ing or British -nis·ing
: to subject to the action of an electric current especially for thepurpose of stimulating physiologically <galvanize a muscle>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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