English
Etymology
From energy + -ise.
Verb
energise (third-person singular simple present energises, present participle energising, simple past and past participle energised)
- Non-Oxford British standard spelling of energize.
1963 December, “News and Comment:Catenary energised to Lichfield”, in Modern Railways, page 368:The 13-mile section from Tring to Watford, on which work is further ahead than elsewhere south of Rugby, is likely to be energised for crew training in advance of the Rugby-Euston extension; a Crewe-Liverpool multiple-unit set is already at Stonebridge Park depot ready for use on this work.
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