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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

感電させる; 熱狂させる

Native Script:熱狂させる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nekkyou saseru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Electrify/ɪˈlɛk.trɪ.faɪ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の素晴らしいパフォーマンスが観客を熱狂させた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To arouse suddenly with a sense of great excitement; to thrill or stimulate intensely.

    "Her powerful vocal performance on stage never fails to electrify the audience."
  2. 2

    To equip or charge something with electric power.

    "The government announced plans to electrify the entire regional railway network."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin 'electrum' (amber) combined with the suffix '-fy' (from French '-ifier', Latin '-facere', meaning 'to make'). Coined in the mid-18th century following the discovery of electrical phenomena, originally denoting the charging of an object with electricity before expanding metaphorically to mean thrilling or exciting someone.

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