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energize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈenəd͡ʒɑɪz/ (Australia)
• /ˈenəd͡ʒaɪz/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɛnɚd͡ʒaɪz/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Hellenic *wérgon Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἐνεργός (energós) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ἐνεργής (energḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ιᾰ (-iă) Ancient Greek ἐνέργεια (enérgeia)bor. Late Latin energīader. Middle French énergieder. English energy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English energize From energy + -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.
   • Magazines of the day celebrated the new gay health consciousness in articles which linked the proliferation of gay bodybuilding with the health craze sweeping the country, though this was often complete nonsense. For did we not, all of us, know scores of friends who used drugs to energize their workouts, who smoked dope, took speed, and shot up anabolic steroids to facilitate that mad, muscular frenzy? 1986, Paul Reed, “Serenity”, in Eric E. Rofes, editor, Gay Life: Leisure, Love, and Living for the Contemporary Gay Male, page 9:
2. (transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).
   • Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
   • Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards. 1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry:

Forms

Deriveds

energizable · disenergize · energizer · reenergize · deenergize · de-energize · energization

Translations (31)

bg стимулирам (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ru включа́ть ток (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · fi elvyttää (to invigorate, to make energetic) · es energizar (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · ru подава́ть пита́ние (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · it rafforzare (to invigorate, to make energetic) · fi sähköistää (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · it rinvigorire (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ro energizare (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ga fuinnmhigh (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · ru подава́ть напряже́ние (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · fi virkistää (to invigorate, to make energetic) · bg възбуждам (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ga fuinnmhigh (to invigorate, to make energetic) · it dare energia (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · ar قَوَّى (to invigorate, to make energetic) · pt estimular (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ru усиливать (to invigorate, to make energetic) · es jumpear (to invigorate, to make energetic) · fi elävöittää (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ru возбужда́ть (to invigorate, to make energetic) · pt energizar (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · it energizzare (to invigorate, to make energetic) · fi johtaa virta (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · ru активизи́ровать (to invigorate, to make energetic) · fi kytkeä sähköt (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · fi kytkeä virta (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · fi energisoida (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ru включа́ть напряже́ние (to supply with energy, especially electricity) · fi piristää (to invigorate, to make energetic) · ar نَشَّطَ (to invigorate, to make energetic)