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Meaning of Franklinize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To cause to be influenced by Benjamin Franklin and his political leadership.
  2. To arrange according to the Franklin Planner system of time management.
    transitive
  3. To economize; to subject to extreme thrift.
  4. To electrically stimulate.

Examples

“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;”
“This makes up for many of your blunders ; not , however , for Fredericksburg , although you have been there McClellanized , and , above all , Franklinized .”
“I find that Philadelphia is really a Franklinized City, though the inhabitants do not know it. In the course of my prolonged visit I was able to see all of the physical monuments to Franklin, and was much depressed because the man does not seem to be much understood in his own city.”
“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?”
“Government Savings Stamps will aid you to Franklinize.”
“Painting is another way I've found to Franklinize my income.”
“Often the meals were cold, the colonel having neither coal nor faggots to burn on his Franklinized hearth.”
“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.”
“The identical result has been obtained in faradic electrification of muscle tissue. Thirdly, there occurs in properly Franklinized subjects a notable increase in body weight.”
“Capriati and Pisani have shown by the ergograph that fatigue shows itself much later in Franklinized muscles than in the normal state.”
“The design itself, the content of the plan, basically followed the outline that was presented at the seminar I attended. From that sketch we “Franklinized” the format, furnished the minimum requirements for the respective plan components.”
“Let's Franklinize Your Schedule First, get a yellow pad and a pen.”
“For example: A few years ago, I became “franklinized,” and now I use the Franklin Planner to manage my time and hold people accountable.”
“The perspiration from the franklinized portions of skin was diminished in most cases, while it was increased over the portion not franklinized.”
“It is certain that most sensitive persons can be franklinized without discomfort and without fear, and without any unpleasant after-effects.”
“There is no necessity to undress a franklinized patient, as the therapeutic effects of this excellent agent remain unchanged — a circumstance of practical importance in female cases.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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