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energized en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Electrically charged; live.
    • Because of the high level of hazard, work on energized equipment shall be strenuously avoided. 1999, Richard D. Hislop, Construction Site Safety: A Guide for Managing Contractors, page 183:
    • No work should be performed near energized conductors until danger of contact with those conductors has been effectively guarded against. 2011, Princeton Energy Resources International, Handbook of International Electrical Safety Practices:
    • There are multiple ways to work on energized power lines safely; insulated bucket trucks, the use of fiber glass non-conductive hot sticks and bare hand live line maintenance are the more common means. 2016, Steven W. Blume, Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional, page 214:
  2. Full of energy, vitality, or enthusiasm.
    • Who are the people around you with whom you feel most energized? 2023, Patrick Williams, Diane S. Menendez, Becoming a Professional Life Coach:
    • He always cambe back very energized with this contact with ordinary working people who were progressive and on a revolutionary path. 2012, Clairmont Chung, Walter Rodney: A Promise of Revolution, page 111:
    • But mostly, I'd argue, it's because we will be more capable for longer, with more energized, active minds and bodies. 2020, Perry Timms, The Energized Workplace, page 80:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more energized Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most energized Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unenergized · bioenergized · superenergized · overenergized

energized en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of energize
    form of energize