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# energise

«energise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make someone feel full of energy, lively and keen: A…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (energise, energises, energised, energising) — UK spelling; US: energize

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make someone feel full of energy, lively and keen: A walk energises me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#m1)

2) To give electricity to something so it works: energise the circuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life food, exercise or music can energise you; in science a circuit is energised when current flows. Phrases: «feel energised», «energise the team».

### examples

- A good breakfast energises me for the day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x1)
- The music energised the crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x2)
- After a swim I feel energised. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x3)
- The coach's speech energised the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x4)
- Switch on to energise the circuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x5)
- Fresh air energises tired pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/#x6)

### note

UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland often spell «energise»; US and Canada «energize». Both are correct. Noun: energy; adjective: energetic.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «energise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/energise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.