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Definition of energize :
1. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
2. To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Synonyms:
make, raise, bring up, wake, wind up, wake up, commove, perk up, evoke, waken, gain vigor, perk, awake, shake up, charge up, invoke, kindle, conjure, rush, cause, poise, call down, come alive, awaken, enkindle, percolate, call forth, shake, stabilise, help, put forward, turn on, have, elicit, stabilize, pick up, conjure up, stir, energise, sex, steady, vitalize, get
energize (part of speech: verb)
fire, rouse, activate, force, invigorate, drive, spark, empower, revive, power, recharge, charge
excite (part of speech: verb)
impassion, electrify, inflame, stimulate, disturb, exhilarate, disquiet, arouse
empower (part of speech: verb)
invigorate (part of speech: verb)
enliven, animate, enthuse, excite, strengthen, agitate
strengthen (part of speech: verb)
fortify, brace, toughen, prop, temper, reinforce, buttress, support, harden, beef up, vivify
motivate (part of speech: verb)
instigate, urge, foment, move, goad, prompt, knock, lob, punch, magnetize, throw, hasten, provoke, thrust, trigger, hurtle, sling, entice, propel, encourage, jerk, jog, strike, shoot, poke, jostle, motivate, nudge, pitch, fling, bump, ram, hurl, jolt, heave, catapult, prod, impel, push, shove, induce, launch, inspire, ferment
Usage examples:
- The current from a small battery suffices to energize the pen, and with the stencil thus made hundreds of copies of the document can be furnished. - "Edison, His Life and Inventions", Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin.
- The mission of this little volume is to strengthen and energize and help you to spend life as you should. - "How to Live a Holy Life", C. E. Orr.
- I am proposing a number of actions to energize our nuclear power program. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.