Galvanize

What do we mean by galvanize?

To stimulate or shock with an electric current. transitive verb

To arouse to awareness or action; spur. transitive verb

To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc. transitive verb

To subject to the action of an electric or galvanic current, as in medicine.

Hence To confer a fictitious vitality upon; give a mechanical semblance of life or vitality to.

To plate, as with gold, silver, or other metal, by means of galvanic electricity; electroplate. Also spelled galvanise.

To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents. transitive verb

To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity. transitive verb

To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity. transitive verb

To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron. transitive verb

Formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid. transitive verb

To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate. verb

To coat with rust-resistant zinc verb

To shock or stimulate into sudden activity verb

Cover with zinc verb

To stimulate to action verb

Stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock verb

To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means.

To coat with rust-resistant zinc.

To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.

To electrify.

To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.

Words that are spelled similarly to galvanize:
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Words that rhyme with galvanize:
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Consonant match to galvanize:
galvanise.

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