energize :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

brace, arouse, stimulate, energise, perk up

v. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

start, begin, commence, start up, embark on, get off the ground

v. get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack"

awaken, waken, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

inflame, cause inflamation in

v. cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

whet, sharpen by rubbing

v. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

electrify, charge with electricity

v. charge (a conductor) with electricity

charge, load

v. provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"

stabilize, become stable

v. become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized"

brace, poise

v. prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

brace, steady

v. support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel"

batten, secure, batten down

v. furnish with battens; "batten ships"

activate, make more adsorptive

v. of metals

activate, make active, enable, turn on, invoke, switch on, toggle on

v. make active or more active; "activate an old file"

stir, stimulate, excite

v. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

activate, aerate

v. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

activate, make radioactive

v. make (substances) radioactive

lift, raise, elevate

v. raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people from poverty"

strengthen, fortify, beef up

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

intensify, escalate, step up

v. increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"

vitalize, vitalise

v. make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa vitalized the old man"

animate, animize

v. give lifelike qualities to; "animated cartoons"

charge, load with a charge, place a charge on

v. fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

de-energize

v. deprive of energy

calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize

v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

weaken, make weak, make weaker

v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

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