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Antonyms for galvanize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gal-vuh-nahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæl vəˌnaɪz

Definition of galvanize

Origin :
  • 1802, from French galvaniser, from galvanisme (see galvanism). Figurative sense of "excite, stimulate (as if by electricity)" first recorded 1853. Meaning "to coat with metal by means of galvanic electricity" (especially to plate iron with tin, but now typically to plate it with zinc) is from 1839.
  • He'll swear that in her dancing she cuts all others out,Though like a Gal that's galvanized, she throws her legs about.[Thomas Hood, "Love has not Eyes," 1845]
  • Related: Galvanized; galvanizing.
  • verb inspire, stimulate
Example sentences :
  • Madame Rachel can only galvanize the corpse, not revivify it.
  • Extract from : « The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The touch of his hands and lips seemed to galvanize her into life.
  • Extract from : « The Bride of the Tomb and Queenie's Terrible Secret » by Mrs. Alexander McVeigh Miller
  • Love is the only impulse which could galvanize him into life.
  • Extract from : « Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 » by Various
  • And, for Kings Port, navy yards do not galvanize dead trade.
  • Extract from : « Lady Baltimore » by Owen Wister
  • His Polonaises, characterized by an energetic rhythm, galvanize and electrify the torpor of indifference.
  • Extract from : « Life of Chopin » by Franz Liszt
  • The phrase, with its vivid significance, seemed to galvanize Grant into a species of comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Postmaster's Daughter » by Louis Tracy
  • Is it a fact or is it one of the fictions of fiction which it were well to stimulate and galvanize into life less persistently?
  • Extract from : « Facts And Fictions Of Life » by Helen H. Gardener
  • There is nothing that will galvanize a Highland Battalion into action like a sharp word of command with the "rs" well sounded.
  • Extract from : « The Red Watch » by J. A. Currie
  • Nevil should have stuck to that, instead of trying to galvanize the country and turning against his class.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Mr. Pemberton-Billing made a gallant effort to galvanize his colleagues into life.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 13, 1917 » by Various

Synonyms for galvanize

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