The energic faculty that we call will.
Blackw. Mag.
En"er*gize (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Energized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Energizing (?).] [From Energy.] To use strength in action; to act or operate with force or vigor; to act in producing an effect.
Of all men it is true that they feel and energize first, they reflect and judge afterwards.
J. C. Shairp.
En"er*gize, v. t. To give strength or force to; to make active; to alacrify; as, to energize the will.
En"er*gi`zer (?), n. One who, or that which, gives energy, or acts in producing an effect.
En"er*gi`zing (?), a. Capable of imparting or exercising energy.
Those nobler exercises of energizing love.
Bp. Horsley.
En`er*gu"men (?), n. [L. energumenos, fr. Gr. &?; possessed by an evil spirit, from &?;: cf. F. énergumène. See Energetic.] (Eccl. Antiq.) One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.
En"er*gy (?), n.; pl. Energies (#). [F. énergie, LL. energia, fr. Gr.&?;, fr. &?; active; &?; in + &?; work. See In, and Work.] 1. Internal or inherent power; capacity of acting, operating, or producing an effect, whether exerted or not; as, men possessing energies may suffer them to lie inactive.
The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects.
Paley.
2. Power efficiently and forcibly exerted; vigorous or effectual operation; as, the energy of a magistrate.
3. Strength of expression; force of utterance; power to impress the mind and arouse the feelings; life; spirit; -- said of speech, language, words, style; as, a style full of energy.