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en·er·gize  audio  (nr-jz) KEY 

VERB:
en·er·gized, en·er·giz·ing, en·er·giz·es
VERB:
tr.
  1. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhoodfather in . . . prison, factory work as a boyboth haunted and energized him" (Frank Conroy).
  2. To supply with an electric current.
VERB:
intr.
To release or put out energy.


OTHER FORMS:
ener·gization  (-jzshn) KEY (Noun), ener·gizer(Noun)


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