1. The process of subjecting (a person or thing) to the action of electricity; the state or condition of being subjected to electrical action.
1752. Phil. Trans., XLVII. 403. The washing of the boy’s feet … immediately preceded his electrisation.
1812. Sir H. Davy, Chem. Philos., I. 355. Alumina cannot be decomposed by the electrization of mercury.
1871. Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., III. iii. 677. Persistent electrization has been known to cure obstinate cases.
1880. Howells, Undisc. Country, iii. 49. Electrization of persons in the vicinity of a point struck by lightning.
b. Decomposition by electro-chemical action.
1807. Sir H. Davy, in Phil. Trans., XCVIII. 38. The process of the electrization of ammonia.
2. fig. The stirring of the soul mightily, as by electric shock. [after Fr.]
1870. Echo, 9 Nov. The levée en masse, that electrisation of all souls.
