energize (Amer.)
v.
invigorate, stimulate, enliven; supply with electrical power (also energise)
energize
Verb
1. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
(synonym) stimulate, arouse, brace, energise, perk up
(antonym) de-energize, de-energise
(hypernym) affect
(hyponym) cathect
(derivation) energizer, energiser, vitalizer, vitaliser, animator
2. raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"
(synonym) excite, energise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) energizer, energiser, vitalizer, vitaliser, animator
energizar
v.
energize, stimulate
Energize
(v. t.)
To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
(v. i.)
To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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energize
Synonyms and related words:
activate, actuate, amplify, animate, arm, arouse, breathe life into, bring into being, bring into existence, bring to life, build up, call into being, call into existence, charge, compel, conceive, dynamize, egg on, electrify, empower, enable, endow with life, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fire, force, fortify, foster, galvanize, generate, give birth, give life to, hearten, impel, inflame, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, kindle, liven, loop in, motivate, move, move to action, pep up, perk up, plug in, promote, propel, quicken, reinforce, rouse, set in motion, shock, short, short-circuit, snap up, spark, step down, step up, stiffen, stimulate, stir, sustain, switch off, switch on, turn off, turn on, urge, vitalize, vivify, waken, warm, zip up
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.