-ˌfī transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: electric + -fy
1. : to charge with electricity
electrify a glass rod
2. : to excite suddenly and markedly as if by an electric shock : startle, jar, or thrill into total attention or concern
a hunger strike that electrified all Egypt — Holiday
the boys cooked up a hair-raising piece of news … to electrify the girls — Dixon Wecter
especially pleasurably
the blue-eyed girl whose silvery tones and immense vitality had electrified audiences — Alan Tomkins
3. : to equip, operate, or supply with electricity
in Minnesota, where the number of electrified farms has risen … to 90 percent — A.E.Stevenson †1965
there is waterpower enough to electrify the continent — Waldo Frank