Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To give energy to; activate or invigorate.
  • intransitive verb To supply with an electric current.
  • intransitive verb To release or put out energy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To endow with energy; impart active force or strength to; make vigorous.
  • To act with energy or force; operate with vigor; act in producing an effect.
  • Also spelled energise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify.
  • intransitive verb To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To invigorate, to make energetic.
  • verb To supply with energy, especially electricity. To turn on power to something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb raise to a higher energy level
  • verb cause to be alert and energetic

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Examples

  • And McCain talking about re-energize is like the Bush's talking about the Duracell Bunny instead of counting the money their making on oil these days.

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