Word Meaning

Meaning of galvanize

- To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
- To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
- To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.
- To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron.