electricalize

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verb

To electrify.

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Meanings

verbelectricalize (third-person singular simple present electricalizes, present participle electricalizing, simple past and past participle electricalized)

present singular third person electricalizes · participle present electricalizing · participle past electricalized · past electricalized

  1. archaicraretransitiveTo electrify.

    The trees were all wired. They were electricalizing them to avoid spring frosts by thermostatic control.

    1929, Kentucky State Horticultural Society, Transactions: Being a Report of the ... Annual Meeting, page 169
    1 more example

    […] many of the metals also have been prepared by electrical means. If a dilute solution of a metal be electricalized, the metal is not deposited on the cathode; […]

    1921, Alexander Russell Bond, Scientific American Monthly, volumes 3-4, page 321

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
electrifygalvanize

Origin

From electrical + -ize.

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APA

electricalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electricalize

MLA

“electricalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electricalize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electricalize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electricalize.

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