tr.v., -nized, -niz·ing, -niz·es.

1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: “Issues that once galvanized the electorate fade into irrelevance” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

galvanization gal'va·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n.
galvanizer gal'va·niz'er n.

verb

To stir to action or feeling: egg on, excite, foment, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up. See cause/effect, excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: inspire, stimulate
Antonyms: depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard, unmotivate

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To coat steel or iron with zinc, as, for example, by immersing it in a bath of molten zinc.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - galvanisere
n. - galvanisering

Nederlands (Dutch)
galvaniseren, opruien/ -wekken

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Ind) galvaniser, rallier (support), relancer (campagne)
n. - ralliement, relance

Deutsch (German)
v. - galvanisieren, aufrütteln, (Med.) aktivieren (Muskel, Nerven), verzinken
n. - Galvanisierung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επικασσιτερώνω, γανώνω, ηλεκτρίζω, ενθουσιάζω, "ηλεκτρίζω"

Italiano (Italian)
galvanizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - galvanizar, reanimar

Русский (Russian)
гальванизировать, возбуждать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - galvanizar
n. - galvanización

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - galvanisera, egga

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
通电, 刺激, 镀锌, 镀锌铁皮

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 通電, 刺激, 鍍鋅
n. - 鍍鋅鐵皮

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 활기를 띠게 하다, 아연도금을 하다, 직류 전기로 자극하다
n. - 아연도금, 활기를 띰, 직류전기

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 直流電気をかける, 直流通電する, にわかに活気づける, 亜鉛めっきする, 電気を通す, びっくりさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكلفن, ينبه, يثير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חשמל, ציפה באבץ, איבץ, זעזע, עורר, דירבן‬
n. - ‮פח מגולוון‬

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