English Dictionary

Franklinize

verb

To cause to be influenced by Benjamin Franklin and his political leadership. / To economize; to subject to extreme thrift. / To electrically stimulate.

I want to Franklinize my business and make it more efficient.

意味（1）

To cause to be influenced by Benjamin Franklin and his political leadership.

This Flotilla is the natural consequence of the Treaty defensive and offensive between la Fayetted France and Franklinized America; the same infernal inspiration that lopped the limb, would crush the carcase;

意味（2）

To economize; to subject to extreme thrift.

Franklinize your good principle. Let your treasurer at term-day acknowledge the principle of Stipend-paying, but renounce its specific forms of Sovereigns and Bank-notes, —how do you like it?

意味（3）

To electrically stimulate.

The Franklinic currents of all degrees were supplied by a Goltz's friction machine; all the patients were left uninsulated and Franklinized during from five to fifteen minutes at a sitting, by the positive pole alone.