单词 | energizing |
释义 | energizingn.ΚΠ 1744 J. Harris tr. Aristotle in Three Treat. Notes 300 Human Good or Happiness is, the energizing of the Soul [Gk. ψυχῆς ἐνέργεια] according to the best and most consummate Virtue. 1797 J. Edwards Diss. Liberty & Necessity iii. 49 Operation, act or energising is..presupposed in order to an effect, as an efficient cause is presupposed in order to it. 1847 Evangelical Christendom 1 366/2 All those energisings of too many voluntary professors. 1854 L. P. Hickok Empirical Psychol. 241 A nisus, or energizing towards a presented object. 1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. 22 The fruits of the spirit..are not the result of the energizing of our own will. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 14 364 He interprets certain emotional experiences, energizings of the moral will as ‘joy in the Holy Spirit’. 2. Originally: the action of causing someone or something to engage in work or activity; the action or effect of rousing or inspiring someone to action. Now chiefly: the action or effect of filling someone or something with vigour, dynamism, or enthusiasm; invigoration, vitalization; stimulation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] heartingOE coolingc1350 refreshinga1382 recreationa1393 easement?a1400 rehetinga1400 freshing1422 refrigery?a1425 refectionc1450 refreshmenta1470 refrigeration1502 corroborating1530 recreating1538 comfortation1543 repast1546 rousing?a1563 refocillation1570 refresh1592 inanimationa1631 recruita1643 irrigationa1660 quicking1661 invigoration1662 reinvigoration1663 recuperation1703 rally1826 recruiting1840 energizing1841 recreance1842 inspiriting1846 animation1855 recruitment1862 inspiritment1886 pepping up1916 the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [noun] > bringing into action animation1605 actuation1623 inactuation1662 actuating1710 energizing1841 activation1883 activating1902 derepression1960 1841 Amer. Biblical Repository Oct. 353 We..learn to consider ourselves as causes of those effects, which follow our conscious energizing of some appropriate faculty. 1851 Fraser's Mag. 43 323 The curbing of our mischievous propensities, and the energizing of our good ones. 1918 School & Home Educ. Apr. 182/2 The exaltation, the energizing which result from the singing of patriotic..songs bear fruit in thousands of lives. 1984 N.Y. Times 2 May b1 Mr. Jackson's energizing of black political awareness has shattered the stereotypical notion that ‘blacks don't vote’. 2001 P. Caram 1993 World Trade Center Bombing iv. 52 The reward for our involvement was the energizing of Islamic insurgents. 3. The action or process of supplying a device, machine, etc., with energy, esp. in the form of electricity, and thereby causing it (to begin) to operate. Also: the action of a device, machine, etc., becoming energized (energized adj. 3) and beginning to operate. ΚΠ 1881 T. A. Edison U.S. Patent 242,901 1/2 As the load is constant, the rapidity with which work is done will depend upon the energizing of the motor [i.e. by the current flowing through the circuit]. 1889 U.S. Patent 412,332 2/1 The energizing of the magnet F to arrest the descent of the [elevator] car..may be accomplished through a branch circuit..provided with a push-button or other circuit-closing device. 1915 D. P. Moreton Drake's Telephone Handbk. viii. 168 An additional resistance, 130 ohms,..prevents the relay from energizing. 1962 Sci. News Let. 3 Nov. 294/2 The energizing of the coils is timed in such a way that a magnetic wave is created, moving along the path of the tube and accelerating the plasma. 1986 Los Banos-Gates Environmental Rep. in Calif.-Oregon & Los Banos-Gates Transmission Project II.B. iv. 11 The energizing of a line creates the electric field and the corona and electrostatic coupling previously discussed. 2006 M. H. J. Bollen & I. Y.-H. Gu Signal Processing of Power Quality Disturbances vi. 494 The transient is due to the energizing of the capacitor in phase c. 4. Physics. The action or process of imparting energy to matter, esp. a particle; the action of causing a particle to move into a higher energy state. ΚΠ 1924 G. J. Burns Some New Theories of Light & Color 11 The energizing of ions by induction depends upon their electrical neutrality. 1931 E. B. Millard Physical Chem. Colleges (ed. 3) xi. 392 These reactions..show the energizing of molecules by radiation. 1985 NASA 1986 Long-range Program Plan iii. 41 Dynamics Explorers 1 and 2..studied the energizing of particles that produce the aurorae and interact with the atmosphere. 2011 O. D. Sparkman et al. Gas Chromatogr. & Mass Spectrometry (ed. 2) iv. 144 Product ions that are formed and stored during the energizing of the precursor ion will not undergo collisional activation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). energizingadj. 1. Chiefly Philosophy and Theology. That engages in work or activity; that is in active operation. Now rare.With quot. 1751 cf. energy n. 3c, energizer n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > [adjective] > in operation workfulOE operant?a1425 operative?a1425 inworking1587 energetical1595 afloat1604 working1609 energetic1629 active1641 energizing1751 energic1786 operating1825 functioning1835 running1842 functionating1884 functional1892 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. ix. 173 As all Energies are Attributes, they have reference of course to certain energizing Substances. 1797 J. Gillies in tr. Aristotle Ethics & Politics I. 134 The energising principle, which, when unceasingly active,..is simple, unmixed, and pure energy. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. xxi A practical and energizing spirit breathes through them all [sc. Canne's writings]. 1905 E. L. Powell Victory of Faith i. 17 This faith in Jesus..is an overcoming faith—a conquering faith—and hence an active, working, energizing principle. 1989 G. A. Maloney Why not become totally Fire? vii. 45 Such an energizing God is far from a static, perfect, unchangeable deity. 2. Originally: that causes someone or something to engage in work or activity; that rouses or inspires someone to action. Now chiefly: that supplies energy (in various senses); esp. that fills someone or something with vigour, dynamism, or enthusiasm; invigorating, vitalizing; stimulating, exciting. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective] cooling?c1425 comfortablec1440 refreshing1534 rousing1576 vegetant1576 reviving1579 refriscative1582 refrigerating1583 cordial1584 airy1591 freshing1591 animating1595 fertile1597 recreating1600 refective1611 refreshfula1614 comforting1623 refrigerant1626 erecting1654 cordialine1674 refocillating1675 corroboratinga1680 refectory1693 invigorating1694 restoring1697 freshful1734 enlivening1746–7 livelya1754 tonic1756 stimulatory1758 vivifying1768 energizing1786 stimulative1791 refreshening1807 vitalizing1813 stimulating1827 recuperative1843 invigorative1860 innerving1868 breezy1870 tonicizing1890 reparatory1893 1786 S. Horsley Serm. Sons Clergy 16 To taste those nobler ecstasies of energising Love. 1812 T. Busby in Genuine Rejected Addr. Drury-lane Theatre 28 When energizing objects men pursue, What are the prodigies they cannot do? 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 743 The energizing light of the sun shining on the earth. 1917 Louisiana Planter & Sugar Manufacturer 30 June 411/2 It is very energizing and has a high food value. 1957 A. C. Baines Woodwind Instruments & their Hist. i. 36 The reed..springs open for a brief instant to communicate an energizing stab of breath-pressure. 1996 L. Chamberlain tr. F. Nietzsche in Nietzsche in Turin ii. 44 It's the air that does it—dry, energizing, jolly. 2016 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 20 Mar. (BodySoulSA ed.) 10 It's hard getting to the gym when you're a mum so here's an energising workout where your bub gets to join in. 3. That supplies a device, machine, etc., with energy, esp. in the form of electricity, and thereby causes it (to begin) to operate. ΚΠ 1884 C. Cummings U.S. Patent 306,225 2/2 An electro-magnet having separate energizing-coils of different resistances. 1924 Trans. Amer. Inst. Electr. Engineers 43 803/2 Its energizing circuit is partially short-circuited when the contact of the relay circuit is closed. 1958 M. Schwarzschild Struct. & Evol. Stars vii. 242 If there exists under special circumstances an energizing mechanism..which is stronger than the damping mechanisms, the pulsations will not be damped. 2013 A. Waygood Introd. Electr. Sci. x. 85/1 Since it is necessary to pass the energising current in the opposite direction to the cell's de-energising current, the battery charger must be connected with great care. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1744adj.1751 |
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