electricizev.
/ᵻˈlɛktrᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /əˈlɛktrəˌsaɪz/, /iˈlɛktrəˌsaɪz/ Now rare.
transitive. To charge with electricity; to provide with an electricity supply; also figurative; = electrify v. 1, 3.
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1854 Buffalo Med. Jrnl. 9 508 Its origin was ascribed to the presence of ozone, which is oxygen electricized.
1872 C. B. Fox Ozone 16 Ozone has been considered..to be produced only when Oxygen is positively electricized.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 3 Aug. 7/1 It is already difficult to see where the capital is coming from to electricise the lines.
1913 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 31 Dec. 1/1 The plans of the Southern Pacific for electricizing its coastwise route between here and Los Angeles.
1922 Musical Q. 8 450 Sickly women like him, although he does not appeal to their pity by epileptic attacks at the piano, although..he neither electricizes nor galvanizes them.
1984 G. Vidal Lincoln 84 Hay was still energized by Marie-Jeanne—or electricized, to use the word made popular by the electric-shock machines that had recently [sc. in 1861] become fashionable.
1993 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 24 Oct. d2 We have electricized the castle so you can leave a message and ve vill get back to you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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