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electricalize

electricalize verb: to electrify.

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To electrify.
    • […] 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
    • 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

Forms of electricalize

third-person singular presentelectricalizes
present participleelectricalizing
past participleelectricalized
pastelectricalized

Origin of electricalize

From electrical + -ize.

Questions about electricalize

What does electricalize mean?
Electricalize means to electrify.
What part of speech is electricalize?
Electricalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of electricalize?
The past tense of electricalize is electricalized.

Words near electricalize in the dictionary

  1. electrical treeing
  2. electrical wiring
  3. electrical wirings
  4. electricalities
  5. electricality
  6. electricalize
  7. electricalized
  8. electricalizes
  9. electricalizing
  10. electrically
  11. electricalness

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