Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to electrify
Participle: electrified
Gerund: electrifying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | electrify |
| you | electrify |
| he;she;it | electrifies |
| we | electrify |
| you | electrify |
| they | electrify |
Perfect
| I | have electrified |
| you | have electrified |
| he;she;it | has electrified |
| we | have electrified |
| you | have electrified |
| they | have electrified |
Past
| I | electrified |
| you | electrified |
| he;she;it | electrified |
| we | electrified |
| you | electrified |
| they | electrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had electrified |
| you | had electrified |
| he;she;it | had electrified |
| we | had electrified |
| you | had electrified |
| they | had electrified |
Future
| I | will electrify |
| you | will electrify |
| he;she;it | will electrify |
| we | will electrify |
| you | will electrify |
| they | will electrify |
Future Perfect
| I | will have electrified |
| you | will have electrified |
| he;she;it | will have electrified |
| we | will have electrified |
| you | will have electrified |
| they | will have electrified |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | electrify |
| you | electrify |
| he;she;it | electrify |
| we | electrify |
| you | electrify |
| they | electrify |
Perfect
| I | have electrified |
| you | have electrified |
| he;she;it | have electrified |
| we | have electrified |
| you | have electrified |
| they | have electrified |
Imperfect
| I | electrified |
| you | electrified |
| he;she;it | electrified |
| we | electrified |
| you | electrified |
| they | electrified |
Pluperfect
| I | had electrified |
| you | had electrified |
| he;she;it | had electrified |
| we | had electrified |
| you | had electrified |
| they | had electrified |
Conditional
Present
| I | would electrify |
| you | would electrify |
| he;she;it | would electrify |
| we | would electrify |
| you | would electrify |
| they | would electrify |
Perfect
| I | would have electrified |
| you | would have electrified |
| he;she;it | would have electrified |
| we | would have electrified |
| you | would have electrified |
| they | would have electrified |
Imperative
| you | electrify |
| we | Let's electrify |
| you | electrify |
Verbs conjugated like 'electrify'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'electrify'
electrise,
electrize,
electronify,
alacrify,
celestify,
electro,
eventify,
exactify,
gentrify,
lactify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- equip for use with electricity
- wire
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, rouse, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
- excite
- stupefy, shock, thrill, disturb, stun, jolt, strike
Antonyms
- excite
- calm, compose, appease, assuage
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.
3. Latin ēlectrum
4. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
5. Proto-Italic *-ikos
6. Latin -icus
7. New Latin ēlectricusbor.
8. English electric
9. English -fy
10. English electrify
11. From electric + -fy.
Verbs referencing "electrify"
French
électrifier, Swedish
elektrifiera.
Sample Sentences
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to electrify a cable
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Those most rural routes will not get overhead wires. As Reeve told the seminar: "Even in my wildest dreams, I can't see a business case for electrifying the Far North Line." [2022 August 10, Philip Haigh, “Scotland switched on to electrification”, in RAIL, number 963, page 35:]
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to electrify a limb, or the body
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And I want to get different kinds of sound. I want to electrify myself a bit. I got a phase shifter for my guitar, and I've been playing with a drum machine. [1986, Bernard Brannner, quoting Blackberri, “Blackberri: Singing for Our Lives”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 180:]
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Baroness Randerson had asked if, following the publication of the Government's Decarbonising transport: setting the challenge report in March, there had been any consideration to electrify more rail lines - and if so, to prioritise routes between Cardiff and Swansea, in the East Midlands and in the Lake District. All had been planned for electrification before subsequently being cancelled. [2020 May 20, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: Electrification key to decarbonisation”, in Rail, page 16:]
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Her performance in the play electrified the audience.
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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. [1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter I, in The History of England from the Accession of James II:]
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Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table. [1876, George Eliot, Daniel Deronda:]
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His poeticized version of a news flash about the advent of AIDS (the disease that killed his mother) electrifies, as it should, like unexpected lightning. [2009 January 14, Ben Brantley, Jason Zinoman, “In Festival, Biography, Beckett and Blues”, in The New York Times:]
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The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice. [2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition), page 100:]