To supply with electricity; to make something electric or to install electrical systems.
From 'electrical' (18th century, from 'electric') plus suffix '-ize'. This variant competed with 'electrify' in the 19th century but fell out of favor.
This word shows how new technologies create competing terms—some towns 'electricalized' while others 'electrified,' and eventually one term won out in each region!
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