Definition
To enable, encourage, or incite, especially in order to do one's bidding; to fuel or spur.
Origins
From the analogy of placing batteries in a toy in order to get it to operate.
Also Said As
- energise
Idiom Breakdown
To enable, encourage, or incite, especially in order to do one's bidding; to fuel or spur.
From the analogy of placing batteries in a toy in order to get it to operate.