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▪ I. energizing, vbl. n.|ˈɛnədʒaɪzɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb energize. a. The action or process of awakening to energy or activity. b. The action of displaying energy; energetic action.
1851Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 323 The curbing of our mischievous propensities, and the energizing of our good ones. 1854Hickok Sc. Mind 241 A nisus, or energizing towards a presented object. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. iii. (1873) 22 The fruits of the spirit..are not the result of the energizing of our own will.
▪ II. ˈenergizing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
a. That supplies energy, or rouses into energy; exciting, stimulating.
b. That is in active operation; that puts forth energy.
1750Harris Hermes i. ix. (T.), As all energies are attributes, they have reference of course to certain energizing substances. 1786Bp. Horsley Serm. Sons of the Clergy (T.), To taste these nobler exercises of energising love. 1811Busby in Byron's Waltz ii. note, When energising objects men pursue. 1849Stovel Introd. Canne's Necess. 21 A practical and energizing spirit breathes through them all. 1862Dana Man. Geol. 743 The energizing light of the sun shining on the earth. |