galvanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡælvənaɪ̯z/
Forms: form: galvanizes
form: galvanizing
form: galvanized
form: galvanized
form: galvanise
Etymology: From French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Italian physiologist Luigi Aloisio Galvani (1737–1798). By surface analysis, galvano- + -ize.
Senses: synonyms: electrogalvanize#Verb
electroplate#Verb
glosses: To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
examples: text: We then galvanize the steel so that the zinc coating will sacrificially take the corrosion for many years.
synonyms: electrogalvanize#Verb
electroplate#Verb
electrogalvanize#Verb
zinc#Verb
glosses: To coat with a layer of metal by electrochemical means.
To coat with a layer of zinc (for rust resistance) by electrochemical means.
hypernyms: electroplate#Verb
examples: text: The girl’s picture helped galvanize public opinion against the administration’s policy.
text: Republicans are hoping a proposed gas-tax repeal will galvanize their voters.
text: The arrival of the kett stunned and then divided the angara. As described by Jaal, infighting was used as a means of conquest by the kett, but the presence of a common enemy eventually galvanized the angara to work together. The various resistance groups merged into the organized Angaran Resistance roughly five years ago under Evfra de Tershaav's command, supported by prominent families and determined to stop their kett oppressors.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: The Resistance Codex entry:
text: U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombshell proposal to take over the Gaza Strip and relocate its Palestinian inhabitants has made the forced transfer of populations – a war crime – a policy discussion, galvanizing Arab states.
ref: 2025 February 6, Taylor Luck, Ghada Abdulfattah, “How Trump’s proposed plan for Gaza has united an outraged Arab world”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
synonyms: word: animate
word: electrify
word: startle
word: urge
word: animate
word: awaken
word: electrify
word: enflame
word: enkindle
word: enthrill
word: exagitate
word: excite
word: exhilarate
word: exsuscitate
word: fillip
word: fire
word: fire the blood
word: galvanize
word: gin up
word: ignite
word: inflame
word: intoxicate
word: kindle
word: quicken
word: rouse
word: send
word: set fire to
word: set on fire
word: sharpen
word: stir the blood
word: suscitate
word: thrill
word: vitalise
word: wake
word: warm the blood
word: whet
word: wind up
word: work up
word: yerk
word: abet
word: actuate
word: goose
word: send
word: sting
word: bring about
word: cheer
word: drive
word: encourage
word: egg on
word: engender
word: evoke
word: excite
word: foment
word: goad
word: grill
word: ignite
word: impel
word: incite
word: induce
word: inflame
word: instigate
word: invoke
word: lash
word: motive
word: motivate
word: move
word: obligate
word: oblige
word: push
word: promote
word: prompt
word: provoke
word: rouse
word: set off
word: spark off
word: spur
word: spur on
word: stimulate
word: stir
word: stir up
word: stoke
word: tempt
word: urge
word: whet
word: whip up
glosses: To shock or stimulate into sudden activity, as if by electric shock.
examples: text: The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.
ref: 1835, Thomas Babington Macaulay, History (essay in the Edinburgh Review)
synonyms: electricalize
electricize
electrize
glosses: To electrify, as by galvanism.
examples: text: Reenactors called this “galvanizing,” the Civil War term for soldiers who switched sides during the conflict.
ref: 1998, Tony Horwitz, Confederates in the Attic, 1st Vintage Departures edition, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: To switch sides between Union and Confederate in the American Civil War.
Derived terms: galvanization
galvanizer
galvanneal
regalvanize
Related terms: galvanic