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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Electrify \E*lec"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Electrified}; p. pr & vb n. {Electrifying}.] [Electric + -fy.] To equip for employment of electric power; as to electrify a railroad. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Positively \Pos"i*tive*ly\, adv In a positive manner; absolutely; really; expressly; with certainty; indubitably; peremptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. --Bacon. Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak herein. --Shak. I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively require humility and meekness. --Sprat. {Positively charged} or {electrified} (Elec.), having a charge of positive electricity; -- opposed to {negatively electrified}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Electrify \E*lec"tri*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Electrified}; p. pr & vb n. {Electrifying}.] [Electric + -fy.] 1. To communicate electricity to to charge with electricity; as to electrify a jar. 2. To cause electricity to pass through to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to as to electrify a limb, or the body. 3. 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.
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