The Collaborative International Dictionary
Electrify \E*lec"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Electrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Electrifying .] [Electric + -fy.]
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
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To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment 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.
--Macaulay.Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table.
--G. Eliot. To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.
Wiktionary
1 that electrifies 2 thrilling or startling v
(present participle of electrify English)
WordNet
adj. causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave a electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to watch" [syn: thrilling]
Usage examples of "electrifying".
Or how her body tingled with electrifying awareness because of the man seated at her side?
His arousal was a potent force, electrifying and primal as she instinctively reached for him.
The observer became so at one with her that even an inconsequential activity became intimate and electrifying, and those actions were unconscious and spontaneous.
Just touching him sent an electrifying current of desire ripping through her.
His words had an electrifying effect as the two Tuigan whipped their exhausted horses into motion.
Bill, riding high off weeks of packed houses and thrilled students, pulled off an electrifying show.
Hearing it, Grace froze, her eyes closing as she struggled once more with tears and an electrifying surge of emotion that threatened to overwhelm her.
Miram and gave her a promise which made the earlier electrifying mockery of the shipmen appear a probable understatement of her fate.
Razor wire was self-explanatory, and it seemed to him that electrifying such a fence would be redundant.