Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To give energy to; activate or invigorate.
- intransitive verb To supply with an electric current.
- intransitive verb To release or put out energy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To endow with energy; impart active force or strength to; make vigorous.
- To act with energy or force; operate with vigor; act in producing an effect.
- Also spelled
energise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify.
- intransitive verb To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
invigorate , to makeenergetic . - verb To supply with
energy , especially electricity. To turn on power to something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb raise to a higher energy level
- verb cause to be alert and energetic
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Examples
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And McCain talking about re-energize is like the Bush's talking about the Duracell Bunny instead of counting the money their making on oil these days.
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
unknown title 2009
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
unknown title 2009
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
unknown title 2009
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
unknown title 2009
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
unknown title 2009
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Batteries May Reduce Fire Danger Huge laptop recalls energize development of safer batteries.
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