Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Electrify

Electrify , transitive verb

[Electric + -fy.]

1.
To communicate electricity to; to charge with electricity; as, to electrify a jar.
2.
To cause electricity to pass through; to affect by electricity; to give an electric shock to; as, to electrify a limb, or the body.
3.
To excite suddenly and violently, esp. by something highly delightful or inspiriting; to thrill; as, this patriotic sentiment electrified the audience.
If the sovereign were now to immure a subject in defiance of the writ of habeas corpus... the whole nation would be instantly electrified by the news. — Macaulay
Try whether she could electrify Mr. Grandcourt by mentioning it to him at table. — G. Eliot
4.
To equip for employment of electric power; to modify (a device) so that it uses electrical power as the main source of energy; as, to electrify a railroad.

Electrify , intransitive verb

To become electric.