galvanize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: galvanize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for galvanize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
galvanize v to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action" Synonym(s): startle, galvanize, galvanise cover with zinc; "galvanize steel" Synonym(s): galvanize, galvanise stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock Synonym(s): galvanize, galvanise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Galvanize \Gal"va*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Galvanized}; p pr. & vb. n. {Galvanizing}.] [Cf. F. galvaniser.] 1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents. 2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity. 3. To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity. 4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See {Galvanized iron}. {Galvanized iron}, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.