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energise

energise verb: non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.

Verb

energise (third-person singular simple present energises, present participle energising, simple past and past participle energised)

  1. 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

Forms of energise

third-person singular presentenergises
present participleenergising
past participleenergised
pastenergised

Origin of energise

From energy + -ise.

Words formed from energise

Questions about energise

What does energise mean?
Energise means non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.
What part of speech is energise?
Energise is a verb.
What is the past tense of energise?
The past tense of energise is energised.

Words near energise in the dictionary

  1. energids
  2. energies
  3. Energiewende
  4. energisation
  5. energisations
  6. energise
  7. energised
  8. energiser
  9. energisers
  10. energises
  11. energising

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