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1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc, by means of electricity.
3. 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.
4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanised iron. Galvanised iron, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.
Origin: Cf. F. Galvaniser.
(01 Mar 1998)
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