electrify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb excite suddenly and intensely
    • The news electrified us
  2. verb charge (a conductor) with electricity
  3. verb equip for use with electricity
    wire.
    • electrify an appliance

WordNet

E*lec"tri*fy transitive verb
Etymology
Electric + -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Electrified ; present participle & verbal noun Electrifying
Definitions
  1. To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
  2. To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
  3. To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
    If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus . . . the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news. Macaulay.
    Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table. G. Eliot.
E*lec"tri*fy intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To become electric.

Webster 1913