"self-excite" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: self-excites [present, singular, third-person], self-exciting [participle, present], self-excited [participle, past], self-excited [past]
Etymology: self- + excite Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|excite}} self- + excite Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-excite (third-person singular simple present self-excites, present participle self-exciting, simple past and past participle self-excited)
  1. To energize or excite (the field magnets of a dynamo) by induction from the residual magnetism of its cores, leading all or a part of the current thus produced through the field-magnet coils.
    Sense id: en-self-excite-en-verb-XJzJVENN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

Inflected forms

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