Английский Этимологический словарь - galvanize
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Galvanize
galvanize
- 1802, from Fr. galvaniser, from galvanisme "electricity produced by chemical action," formed in allusion to It. scientist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) who discovered it while running currents through the legs of dead frogs. Figurative sense of "excite, stimulate (as if by electricity)" first recorded 1853.
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also -ise BrE v to shock or surprise someone so that they do something to solve a problem, improve a situation etc (galvanize sb into (doing) sth) (The possibility of defeat finally galvanized us into action.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(galvanizes, galvanizing, galvanized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'galvanise' To galvanize someone means to cause them to take action, for example by making them feel very excited, afraid, or angry. The aid appeal has galvanised the German business community... They have been galvanised into collective action–militarily, politically and economically. = stir VERB: V n, be V-ed into n/-ing, also V n into n/-ing ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-nized; -nizing) Date: 1802 transitive verb 1. a. to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically ~ a muscle b. to stimulate or excite as if by an electric shock an issue that would ~ public opinion 2. to coat (iron or steel) with zinc; especially to immerse in molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy intransitive verb to react as if stimulated by an electric shock they ~d into action • galvanization noun • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (also -ise) 1 (often foll. by into) rouse forcefully, esp. by shock or excitement (was galvanized into action). 2 stimulate by or as if by electricity. 3 coat (iron) with zinc (usu. without the use of electricity) as a protection against rust. Derivatives galvanization n. galvanizer n. Etymology: F galvaniser: see GALVANISM ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. спец. гальванизировать 2. тех. оцинковывать 3. электризовать, стимулировать; возбуждать; оживлять to galvanize smb. into action —- побудить кого-л. к действию, заставить кого-л. действовать to galvanize smb. (in)to life, to galvanize life into smb. —- оживить кого-л. (на какое-то время); вдохнуть силы в кого-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) гальванизировать; оцинковывать 2) оживлять; возбуждать (into) to galvanize smb. into action - побуждать кого-л. к действию; заставить кого-л. действовать Syn: see stimulate ...Англо-русский словарь
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