"self-excite" meaning in English

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        "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."
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          "energize",
          "energize"
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          "excite",
          "excite"
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          "dynamo",
          "dynamo"
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        [
          "induction",
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          "residual",
          "residual"
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          "magnetism",
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          "core",
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          "current",
          "current"
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        "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."
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          "energize"
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          "excite",
          "excite"
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          "dynamo",
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          "induction",
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          "residual",
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          "magnetism",
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