electrify

1. (transitive) To supply electricity to; to charge with electricity.Examples: "to electrify a cable"; "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.""Synonyms: electricalize, electricize, electrize, energize, galvanizetransitive

2. (transitive) To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to.Examples: "to electrify a limb, or the body"Synonyms: electricalize, electricize, electrize, galvanize, shock, zaptransitive

3. (transitive) To adapt (a home, farm, village, city, industry, vehicle, railroad) for electric power.Examples: "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."transitive

4. (transitive) To strongly excite, especially by something delightful or inspiring; to thrill.Examples: "Her performance in the play 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."; "Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table."Synonyms: galvanize, vitalize, animate, awaken, electrify, enflame, enkindle, enthrilltransitive

5. (intransitive) To make electric.intransitive