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]
to cover (iron or steel) with a thin layer of zinc to prevent it rusting
| Arabic: | يَطْلي بالزِّنْك ، يُغَلْفِنُ |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 镀锌 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 鍍鋅 |
| Czech: | galvanizovat |
| Danish: | galvanisere |
| Dutch: | galvaniseren |
| Estonian: | galvaanima |
| Finnish: | galvanoida |
| French: | galvaniser |
| German: | verzinken |
| Greek: | γαλβανίζω |
| Hungarian: | galvanizál |
| Icelandic: | galvanísera, sinkhúða |
| Indonesian: | menggalvanisasikan |
| Italian: | galvanizzare |
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| Japanese: | 亜鉛めっきする |
| Korean: | 아연도금을 하다 |
| Latvian: | galvanizēt |
| Lithuanian: | galvanizuoti, (ap)cinkuoti |
| Norwegian: | galvanisere |
| Polish: | ocynkować |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | galvanizar |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | galvanizar |
| Romanian: | a galvaniza |
| Russian: | оцинковывать |
| Slovak: | galvanizovať |
| Slovenian: | pocinkati |
| Spanish: | galvanizar |
| Swedish: | galvanisera |
| Turkish: | galvanizlemek |
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(
with into) to cause or move (a person) to do something
Example:
The threat of losing their jobs galvanized the men into action.
| Arabic: | يُثير الى عَمَل شيئٍ ما |
| Chinese (Simplified): | 激励；刺激 |
| Chinese (Traditional): | 激勵；刺激 |
| Czech: | vyburcovat |
| Danish: | opildne |
| Dutch: | aansporen |
| Estonian: | ärgitama, kihutama |
| Finnish: | saada toimimaan |
| French: | galvaniser |
| German: | in Schwung bringen |
| Greek: | εμψυχώνω, παρακινώ |
| Hungarian: | serkent |
| Icelandic: | örva, vekja til athafna |
| Indonesian: | mendorong |
| Italian: | stimolare |
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| Japanese: | 刺激する |
| Korean: | 갑자기 활기를 띠게 하다 |
| Latvian: | stimulēt; pamudināt |
| Lithuanian: | (pa)skatinti |
| Norwegian: | vekke til handling, oppildne |
| Polish: | pobudzić |
| Portuguese (Brazil): | estimular |
| Portuguese (Portugal): | galvanizar |
| Romanian: | a electriza |
| Russian: | побуждать |
| Slovak: | podnietiť |
| Slovenian: | spodbuditi |
| Spanish: | sacudir, empujar, estimular |
| Swedish: | egga, sporra |
| Turkish: | harekete geçirmek, tahrik etmek |
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Gal"va*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
; p pr. & vb. n.
.] [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
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, 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.
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