GALVANIZE

PRONUNCIATION: (GAL-vuh-nyze)

MEANING: verb tr.:
1. To motivate or to arouse to action.
2. To coat with a rust-resistant material, such as zinc.
3. To stimulate by applying an electric current.

ETYMOLOGY: After physician and physicist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), who studied electrical stimulation in animal tissue. Earliest documented use: 1802.
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ALVANIZE - speed up a voice recording so it sounds like a chipmunk

GALIANIZE - switch to an inexpensive wine

GALLANIZE - convert liquid volume measurements from metric to English units