ENERGIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does energize mean? 

• ENERGIZE (verb)
  The verb ENERGIZE has 2 senses:

1. cause to be alert and energetic

2. raise to a higher energy level

  Familiarity information: ENERGIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENERGIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they energize    ... he / she / it energizes   
Past simple: energized   
Past participle: energized   
-ing form: energizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be alert and energetic

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

arouse; brace; energise; energize; perk up; stimulate

Context example:

This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate

Hypernyms (to "energize" is one way to...):

affect (act physically on; have an effect upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "energize"):

cathect (inject with libidinal energy)

animate; quicken; reanimate; recreate; renovate; repair; revive; revivify; vivify (give new life or energy to)

invigorate; reinvigorate (impart vigor, strength, or vitality to)

animate; enliven; invigorate; liven; liven up (make lively)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

de-energize (deprive of energy)

Derivation:

energizer (someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people)

energizing (the activity of causing to have energy and be active)

energy (enterprising or ambitious drive)

energy (forceful exertion)

energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

energy (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Raise to a higher energy level

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

energise; energize; excite

Context example:

excite the atoms

Hypernyms (to "energize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

energizer (someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people)

energizing (the activity of causing to have energy and be active)

energy (an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing))

energy (forceful exertion)

energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

energy (a healthy capacity for vigorous activity)

 Context examples 

Each month, I tell you about a new or full moon and which part of your life it will energize.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When energized by sunlight, the H3+ ions glow in infrared light.

(Saturn is Losing Its Rings, NASA)

Along the way, this plasma somehow gets energized enough to strongly radiate light, forming two bright columns along the black hole’s axis of rotation.

(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)

The simulations indicate spicules could play a big role in energizing the sun’s atmosphere, by constantly forcing plasma out and generating so many Alfvén waves across the sun’s entire surface.

(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)

As you begin November, Mars is still energizing your ninth house of distant travel, a place Mars moved into last month on October 3 and will continue to tour until November 18.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This results in particles colliding near light-speed, energizing the plasma until it begins to emit the stream of optical radiation.

(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)

On December 22, Mars will signal Pluto, and together these two planets will energize your love life.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The planets gathering in your fifth house will energize your love life in a big way.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You will find that your personal life will become more vibrant and energized then, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This same new moon will also energize you to find ways to live a healthier lifestyle.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)