re-electrify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From re- +‎ electrify.

Verb[edit]

re-electrify (third-person singular simple present re-electrifies, present participle re-electrifying, simple past and past participle re-electrified)

  1. To electrify again.
    • 1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 154:
      As lines have been re-electrified, new rolling stock has been built by the firms of Werkspoor of Amsterdam, Beijnes of Haarlem and Allan of Rotterdam, and the position is now much easier.