Definition of "energize"

energize

/ˈɛnəd͡ʒʌɪz/

verb
third-person singular simple present energizes, present participle energizing, simple past and past participle energized
1. (transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.
2. (transitive) To supply with energy, especially electricity; to turn on power to (something).
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
  Quotations
  Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.
  1881, John Campbell Shairp, Aspects of Poetry