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verb (used with object), -nized, -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), -nized, -niz·ing.
re·gal·va·ni·za·tion, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
3. rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.
3. rouse, stir, electrify, fire, spur, animate.
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Galvanize
is an SAT word you need to know.
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| scoundrel, a villain |
| careful attention; notice; observation |
Example Sentences
- His outburst will galvanize his supporters and fill his coffers.
- The bonding and the grieving seemed to galvanize the team.
- She hopes to galvanize people in southwest Missouri to participate.
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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.
EXPAND"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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