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Galvanize   Listen
verb
Galvanize  v. t.  (past & past part. galvanized; pres. part. galvanizing)  
1.
To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
2.
To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
3.
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.
4.
To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.
Galvanized iron, 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.





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"Galvanize" Quotes from Famous Books



... sorry she had said anything. Bubbles was behaving very nicely just now. It was the greatest comfort to have her here. So she said, smiling, "Oh, well, I shan't regret your trying something of the kind if you can galvanize these dull folk ...
— From Out the Vasty Deep • Mrs. Belloc Lowndes


Words linked to "Galvanize" :   startle, ball over, blow out of the water, galvanise, surface, floor, galvanism, take aback


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