electrify

Definition

To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.

Etymology

From electric + -fy.

Example Sentences

• "to electrify a cable"
• "Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line.""
• "to electrify a limb, or the body"

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