Meanings
present singular third person energises · participle present energising · participle past energised · past energised
- Non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.
The 13-mile section from Tring to Watford, on which work is further ahead than elsewhere south of Rugby, is likely to be energised for crew training in advance of the Rugby-Euston extension; a Crewe-Liverpool multiple-unit set is already at Stonebridge Park depot ready for use on this work.
1963 December, “News and Comment:Catenary energised to Lichfield”, in Modern Railways, page 368
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcause to be alert and energetic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Ancient Greekἐν (en)
- Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
- Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
- Proto-Hellenic*wérgon
- Ancient Greekἔργον (érgon)
- Ancient Greekἐνεργός (energós)
- Ancient Greekἐνεργής (energḗs)
- Ancient Greekἐνέργεια (enérgeia)
- Late Latinenergīa
- Middle Frenchénergie
- Englishenergy
- Englishenergise
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Cite this entry
energise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/energise
“energise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/energise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “energise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/energise.
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