See galvanize on Wiktionary
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "spingere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "incitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "spronare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "elettrizzare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživljátʹ",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "оживля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oživítʹ",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оживи́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "galvanizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "espabilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "asustar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shock or stimulate into sudden activity",
"word": "estimular"
}
],
"word": "galvanize"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese non-lemma forms",
"Portuguese verb forms"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "galvanize",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "galvanizar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of galvanizar:",
"first/third-person singular present subjunctive"
],
"links": [
[
"galvanizar",
"galvanizar#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"first-person",
"form-of",
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "galvanizar"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of galvanizar:",
"third-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"galvanizar",
"galvanizar#Portuguese"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"word": "galvanize"
}
{
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"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "ota",
"3": "غالوانیزه",
"tr": "galvanize"
},
"expansion": "Ottoman Turkish غالوانیزه (galvanize)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "fr",
"3": "galvanisé"
},
"expansion": "French galvanisé",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish غالوانیزه (galvanize), from French galvanisé, past participle of galvaniser.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "galvanize",
"name": "tr-adj"
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],
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"lang_code": "tr",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "galvaniz"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Turkish adjectives",
"Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
"Turkish lemmas",
"Turkish terms derived from French",
"Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
"Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish"
],
"glosses": [
"galvanized (coated with zinc)"
],
"links": [
[
"galvanized",
"galvanized"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "galvanizli"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡal.va.ni.ze/"
}
],
"word": "galvanize"
}
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