electrify

verb

convert to electricity, wire up, install electric wiring in.

2 both lecturers have for several years electrified students at Columbia University:

excite, thrill, stimulate, arouse, rouse, inspire, stir (up), exhilarate, intoxicate, galvanize, move, motivate, fire (with enthusiasm), fire someone's imagination, invigorate, animate, get someone going;

startle, jolt, shock;

North American light a fire under;

informal give someone a buzz, give someone a kick;

North American, informal give someone a charge.

▷antonyms bore.