Found 2 items, similar to Galvanize.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: galvanize
galvanize
v 1: to stimulate to action ;
“..startled him awake”;
“galvanized
into action” [syn:
startle,
galvanise]
2: cover with zinc;
“galvanize steel” [syn:
galvanise]
3: stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock [syn:
galvanise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Galvanize
Galvanize
\Gal"va*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Galvanized; p pr.
& vb. n.
Galvanizing.] [Cf. F. galvaniser.]
1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of
electrical currents.
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2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of
electricity.
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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.
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4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See
Galvanized iron.
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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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