"galvanise" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-galvanise.wav Forms: galvanises [present, singular, third-person], galvanising [participle, present], galvanised [participle, past], galvanised [past]
Etymology: From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ise. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|galvaniser}} French galvaniser, {{named-after/list|physiologist||||}} physiologist, {{!}} |, {{lang|en|Luigi Aloisio Galvani}} Luigi Aloisio Galvani, {{named-after|en|Luigi Aloisio Galvani|born=1737|died=1798|nat=Italian|nocap=1|occ=physiologist|wplink=Luigi Galvani}} named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798), {{surf|en|galvano-|-ise}} By surface analysis, galvano- + -ise Head templates: {{en-verb}} galvanise (third-person singular simple present galvanises, present participle galvanising, simple past and past participle galvanised)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of galvanize Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: galvanize Derived forms: galvanisation
    Sense id: en-galvanise-en-verb-lA2Ffb-H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with galvano-, English terms suffixed with -ise, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 29 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 36 16

Inflected forms

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