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/ɪlˈɛktrəfˌaɪ/ Listen

verb

Electrify v. t. (past & past part. electrified; pres. part. electrifying)

To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.

To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.

To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience. "If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus... the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news." "Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table."

To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.

Electrify v. i. To become electric.

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"Electrify" Quotes from Famous Books

... declamation. I am desirous of perfecting myself in the delicate inflections of this sweet intoxicating language, which is as deliciously soft as its native skies, and golden as its Capri vintage. I long to electrify these fervid enthusiastic yet critical Neapolitans with one of their ...

— Infelice • Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

... three or four inches diameter on the mouth of a clean, dry glass bottle. By a fine silken thread from the ceiling, right over the mouth of the bottle, suspend a small cork ball about the bigness of a marble, the thread of such a length as that the cork ball may rest against the side of the shot. Electrify the shot, and the ball will be repelled to the distance of four or five inches, more or less, according to the quantity of electricity. When in this state, if you present to the shot the point of a long, ...

— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various

... acres, and split, from the tall walnut trees of the primeval forest, enough rails to surround them with a fence. Little did either dream, while engaged in this work, that the day would come when the appearance of John Hanks in a public meeting with two of these rails on his shoulder, would electrify a State convention, and kindle throughout the country a contagious and passionate enthusiasm whose results would ...

— The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln • Wayne Whipple

... thing and carry it through. Believe you were made for the place you fill, and that no one else can fill it as well. Put forth your whole energies. Be awake, electrify yourself; go forth to the task. Only once learn to carry a thing through in all its completeness and proportion, and you will become a hero. You will think better of yourself; others will think better of you. The world in its very heart ...

— How to Succeed - or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune • Orison Swett Marden

... cleared his throat. When he spoke, there was a trace of disappointment in his tone. To have been able to electrify his audience with the news of some startling discovery would have been pure joy ...

— Cy Whittaker's Place • Joseph C. Lincoln

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