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energizing

energizing \en"er*gi`zing\, a.

  1. imparting or capable of imparting vitality and energy.

    Syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic.

    Those nobler exercises of energizing love.
    --Bp. Horsley.

  2. supplying motive force. [WordNet sense 2]

    Syn: energizing, energising, kinetic. [PJC]

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energizing

vb. (present participle of energize English)

WordNet
energizing
  1. adj. imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic]

  2. supplying motive force; "the complex civilization of which Rome was the kinetic center"- H.O.Taylor [syn: energising, kinetic]

  3. n. the activity of causing to have energy and be active [syn: activating, activation]

Usage examples of "energizing".

Liquor, fortunately, had an energizing effect on Janice, heightening her perceptions even as it dulled her senses and quieted her alarms.

It fitted his moods and temperaments like an old leather glove, calming him during troubled times, energizing him when weariness threatened to clog his brain, and gently stroking him when the depressions struck.