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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ih-lek-truh-fahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɛk trəˌfaɪ |
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Définition of electrify
Origin :- 1745, "to charge with electricity;" see electric + -fy. Figurative sense recorded by 1752. Related: Electrified; electrifying.
- verb thrill, stimulate
- You won't be left in hiding after such a dbut; you'll electrify society!
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- We will dynamite them afterwards, and electrify them last of all.
- Extract from : « The Giant of the North » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Now for a call upon my guest, to electrify him with my news.
- Extract from : « Little Nobody » by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
- The speech must electrify the public, even as it was then electrifying the House.
- Extract from : « Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 3. » by Samuel Warren
- How may it electrify the soul, and suspend all its functions!
- Extract from : « Thoughts on Man » by William Godwin
- Intelligence, mind, and will were fast bound in a corpse which they could not electrify.
- Extract from : « The Count's Millions » by Emile Gaboriau
- It is not her province to electrify by vocal gymnastics; she is the conveyer of emotion.
- Extract from : « Famous Prima Donnas » by Lewis Clinton Strang
- With opportunity given him, he had hoped one day to electrify the town.
- Extract from : « The Argosy » by Various
- The Government has proposed gradually to electrify the whole system.
- Extract from : « The Foundations of Japan » by J.W. Robertson Scott
- Suppose she was not the first to startle and electrify her fellow town's people after all?
- Extract from : « The Honorable Miss » by L. T. Meade
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