electrify
/ɪˈlɛktɹɪfaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.
Transitive verb
verb
To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, vehicle, railroad) for electric power.
Transitive verb
verb
To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "to electrify a cable"
- "Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line.""
- "to electrify a limb, or the body"
- "And I want to get different kinds of sound. I want to electrify myself a bit. I got a phase shifter for my guitar, and I've been playing with a drum machine."
- "Baroness Randerson had asked if, following the publication of the Government's Decarbonising transport: setting the challenge report in March, there had been any consideration to electrify more rail lines - and if so, to prioritise routes between Cardiff and Swansea, in the East Midlands and in the Lake District. All had been planned for electrification before subsequently being cancelled."
- "Her performance in the play electrified the audience."
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English -fy English electrify From electric + -fy.