different between electrify vs electrize

English

Etymology

From electric +? -ify

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?kt??fa?/

Verb

electrify (third-person singular simple present electrifies, present participle electrifying, simple past and past participle electrified)

1. (transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.

2. (transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.

3. (transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, railroad) for electric power.
4. (transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.

   Her performance in the play electrified the audience.

   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England from the Accession of James II Chapter I

     If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus […] the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news.
5. (intransitive) To become electric.

Derived terms

• electrification

Related terms

• electric
• electricity

Translations

Further reading

• electrify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• electrify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• electrify at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

Compare French électriser.

Verb

electrize (third-person singular simple present electrizes, present participle electrizing, simple past and past participle electrized)

1. To electrify

Derived terms

• electrization