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energising

energising is the alternative form of energizing.

energising is the present participle and gerund of energise.

Meaning of energizing

Adjective

energizing (comparative more energizing, superlative most energizing)

  1. Supplying electrical energy to (a component or device).
    • The combination with a source of alternating currents, and a circuit from the same, of a motor having independent energizing circuits connected with the said circuit, and means for rendering the magnetic effects due to said energizing circuits of different phase, and an armature within the...1903, The Federal Reporter - Volume 118, page 569
  2. Leading to an increase in vitality and enthusiasm.
    • And our semiconductor industry, I think, is showing the way as to how roadmaps can be used for very general, very generic and very energizing programs of a very broad nature.1997, George Mulholland, John Fassett, Charles Ehrlich, Global Growth of Technology: Is America Prepared?, page 76

Meaning of energise

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 energising

comparativemore energising
superlativemost energising

Words formed from energising

Questions about energising

What is energising the alternative form of?
Energising is the alternative form of energizing.

Words near energising in the dictionary

  1. energise
  2. energised
  3. energiser
  4. energisers
  5. energises
  6. energising
  7. energizable
  8. energization
  9. energizations
  10. energize
  11. energized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: energising (page history and authors); energizing (page history and authors); energise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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