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electrify, v.|ɪˈlɛktrɪfaɪ|
[f. electr-ic + -ify.]
1. trans.
a. To charge a body with electricity, or pass the electric current through it; to subject (a person) to an electric shock or current.
1745W. Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 490, I procur'd an iron Bar..; this I electrified lying on Cakes of Wax and Resin. Ibid. 498, I was desirous to know if I was able to electrify a Drop of cold Water. 1747Franklin Lett. Wks. 1840 V. 188 We electrify..a book that has a double line of gold round upon the covers. 1765Wesley Jrnl. 26 Dec. (1827) III. 233 Being electrified morning and evening, my lameness mended. c1796J. Imison Sch. Arts I. 41 The body is said to be electrified, and is capable of exhibiting appearances which are ascribed to the power of electricity. 1830Sir J. Herschel Stud. Nat. Phil. ii. vi. (1851) 150 Quicksilver electrified under a conducting fluid. 1885Watson & Burbury Math. Th. Electr. & Magn. I. 76 The inside will be resinously electrified.
b. To introduce electric power into (a system of railways, a farm, factory, etc.).
1900Westm. Gaz. 17 Oct. 9/3 It is not very astonishing that the directors of the District Railway should be in no violent hurry to start upon the electrifying of their line. 1970Yankee (Dublin, New Hampshire) Aug. 140 You can electrify a flat wick oil lamp with a Gyro Queen Converter. 1970Railway Mag. Oct. 574/2 The electric locomotive was supplied to the East Sussex County Council when the hospital railway was electrified in 1903.
2. fig. To startle, rouse, excite, as though with the shock of electricity.
1752Chesterfield Lett. 285 III. 308 You will not be so agreeably electrified..as you were at Manheim. c1794Burke Addr. Brissot to Constit. (R.), Those heights of courage which electrify an army and ensure victory. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit., Eloq. Wks. (Bohn) III. 37 An audience is electrified.
3. intr. To become charged with electricity.
1745W. Watson in Phil. Trans. XLIII. 490 Whilst the Bar was at one End electrifying, a Spoon lay upon the other. |