"energize" meaning in English

See energize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛnəd͡ʒʌɪz/ Audio: En-us-energize.oga [US] Forms: energizes [present, singular, third-person], energizing [participle, present], energized [participle, past], energized [past]
Etymology: By surface analysis, energy + -ize. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|energy|-ize}} By surface analysis, energy + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} energize (third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized)
  1. (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic. Tags: transitive Translations (to invigorate, to make energetic): стимулирам (stimuliram) (Bulgarian), възбуждам (vǎzbuždam) (Bulgarian), elävöittää (Finnish), elvyttää (Finnish), piristää (Finnish), virkistää (Finnish), energisoida (Finnish), fuinnmhigh (Irish), energizzare (Italian), rinvigorire (Italian), rafforzare (Italian), estimular (Portuguese), energizare [feminine] (Romanian), возбужда́ть (vozbuždátʹ) (Russian), активизи́ровать (aktivizírovatʹ) (Russian), усиливать (usilivatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-energize-en-verb-0q9LmNv6 Disambiguation of 'to invigorate, to make energetic': 95 2 3
  2. (transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something). Tags: transitive Translations (to supply with energy, especially electricity): johtaa virta (Finnish), kytkeä virta (Finnish), kytkeä sähköt (Finnish), sähköistää (Finnish), fuinnmhigh (Irish), dare energia (Italian), energizar (Portuguese), подава́ть напряже́ние (podavátʹ naprjažénije) (Russian), включа́ть ток (vključátʹ tok) (Russian), подава́ть пита́ние (podavátʹ pitánije) (Russian), включа́ть напряже́ние (vključátʹ naprjažénije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-energize-en-verb-9inBI1nb Disambiguation of 'to supply with energy, especially electricity': 2 95 3
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-energize-en-verb-iNCflSiH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 19 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 23 22 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: energise [Commonwealth, English] Derived forms: de-energize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for energize meaning in English (6.5kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "de-energize"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "energy",
        "3": "-ize"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, energy + -ize",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, energy + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "energizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "energize (third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To invigorate; to make energetic."
      ],
      "id": "en-energize-en-verb-0q9LmNv6",
      "links": [
        [
          "invigorate",
          "invigorate"
        ],
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stimuliram",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "стимулирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzbuždam",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "възбуждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "elävöittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "elvyttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "piristää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "virkistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "energisoida"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "fuinnmhigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "energizzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "rinvigorire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "rafforzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "estimular"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "energizare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozbuždátʹ",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "возбужда́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "aktivizírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "активизи́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "usilivatʹ",
          "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
          "word": "усиливать"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-energize-en-verb-9inBI1nb",
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "johtaa virta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "kytkeä virta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "kytkeä sähköt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "sähköistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "fuinnmhigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "dare energia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "energizar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podavátʹ naprjažénije",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "подава́ть напряже́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vključátʹ tok",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "включа́ть ток"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podavátʹ pitánije",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "подава́ть пита́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vključátʹ naprjažénije",
          "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
          "word": "включа́ть напряже́ние"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 22 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ize",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry",
          "text": "Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect."
      ],
      "id": "en-energize-en-verb-iNCflSiH",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛnəd͡ʒʌɪz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-energize.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-us-energize.oga/En-us-energize.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-us-energize.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "energise"
    }
  ],
  "word": "energize"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -ize",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "de-energize"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "energy",
        "3": "-ize"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, energy + -ize",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "By surface analysis, energy + -ize.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "energizes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energizing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energized",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "energized",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "energize (third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To invigorate; to make energetic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invigorate",
          "invigorate"
        ],
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Whenever we energize that circuit we blow a fuse.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "electricity",
          "electricity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry",
          "text": "Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛnəd͡ʒʌɪz/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-energize.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-us-energize.oga/En-us-energize.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-us-energize.oga",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "energise"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stimuliram",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "стимулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎzbuždam",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "възбуждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "elävöittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "elvyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "piristää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "virkistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "energisoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "fuinnmhigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "energizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "rinvigorire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "rafforzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "estimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "energizare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozbuždátʹ",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "возбужда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aktivizírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "активизи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usilivatʹ",
      "sense": "to invigorate, to make energetic",
      "word": "усиливать"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "johtaa virta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "kytkeä virta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "kytkeä sähköt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "sähköistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "fuinnmhigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "dare energia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "energizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podavátʹ naprjažénije",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "подава́ть напряже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vključátʹ tok",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "включа́ть ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podavátʹ pitánije",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "подава́ть пита́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vključátʹ naprjažénije",
      "sense": "to supply with energy, especially electricity",
      "word": "включа́ть напряже́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "energize"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.