MEANING
1. To supply an electrical component or system with energy so that it becomes active or ready for operation.
2. To give a person or group greater energy, enthusiasm, or determination.
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Words that belong together
- energize a circuit
- energize a coil
On the page
The controller energized the coil, and the latch withdrew.
They refused to energize the circuit until the casing was closed.
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Word forms
- Base
- energize
- Past tense
- energized
- Past participle
- energized
- Present participle
- energizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- energize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are energizing
- Present perfect
- have/has energized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been energizing
- Past
- energized
- Past continuous
- was/were energizing
- Past perfect
- had energized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been energizing
- Future
- will energize
- Future continuous
- will be energizing
- Future perfect
- will have energized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been energizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: energize; energizes; energized; energized; energizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: energizes.
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