electrify
verb /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/
/ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they electrify | /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/ /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it electrifies | /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪz/ /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple electrified | /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪd/ /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle electrified | /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪd/ /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form electrifying | /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to make something work by using electricity; to pass an electrical current through something
- be electrified The railway line was electrified in the 1950s.
- He had all the fences around his home electrified.
- electrify somebody to make somebody feel very excited and enthusiastic about something
- Her performance electrified the audience.
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from electric + -fy.