galvanise

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A form of galvanize — To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.

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OriginFrench galvaniser →
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Meanings

verbgalvanise (third-person singular simple present galvanises, present participle galvanising, simple past and past participle galvanised)

present singular third person galvanises · participle present galvanising · participle past galvanised · past galvanised

  1. UKalternativeAlternative spelling of galvanize.

    "We have completely rejuvenated the project. Everyone is galvanised. We will get it open - and open means open. [...]."

    2020 December 2, Andy Byford talks to Paul Clifton, “I enjoy really big challenges...”, in Rail, page 53

Synonyms & antonyms

verbto stimulate to action

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shockfloorball over

verbcover with zinc

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coatsurface

verbstimulate (muscles) by administering a shock

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchgalvaniser
  2. Englishgalvanise

From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Gavilanes
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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